St. Clair Weddings Tips and tricks for the Big Day

May a little girl dreams of what her big day will look like –the dress, the knight in shining armor, the flowers, the cake, the tears streaming down her father’s face as he revels in the beauty of the little girl he raised into a successful woman.

All these precious moments are no doubt magical indeed, but they do not always happen on their own. Sometimes the brideto-be needs a little help. And that’s where Angel Phillips comes in.

Phillips, a native of Ragland, and self-taught in the floral business many years ago, she eventually decided to try her hand at wedding planning, and she took to it quite naturally.

She has now been planning weddings for 12 years and stresses to newly engaged couples the importance of hiring a wedding planner. “I don’t care what you cut out, but your wedding planner is the most important,” Phillips stressed. “We think of things you don’t think of on the days leading up to the wedding and on the wedding day.”

Proposals have also changed dramatically especially since COVID. Phillips said that similar to a gender reveal for an expecting couple, entire families are now being included in the proposal. “Any reason to get together with family and friends to celebrate a momentous occasion is what we are seeing now,” Phillips said.

Phillips averages 30-40 weddings per year and takes care of booking vendors, decorations, floral arrangements and music. “I handle all the details, “ Phillips said. “I do like for brides to be involved in invitations and music, they need to know what song they want for their first dance and what song they want to dance with their daddies to.”

She also serves as a liaison for all the vendors and anyone else involved by providing a detailed timeline and making it