This was my first wedding. My eldest cousin was getting married, and I insisted—at around age seven—that I be her flower girl and confetti girl. I even called her up and asked, “Uh, when are we practicing this?” She had no choice but to comply. We rehearsed walking down the aisle, rose petals and all.
Safe to say, I was hooked early. Weddings had me. I remember her wedding planner emerging from behind an arch to hand me the confetti basket—tight miniskirt, heels, clipboard in hand—and I thought, wow. What a gig.
If only I knew that, as a wedding planner, your new life’s mission becomes finding comfortable flats you can speed-walk in for 16 hours straight.
By my late teens and early twenties, I knew: I wanted to create and host incredible weddings and events. And I was lucky enough to make that happen. I interned at a world-renowned polo estate before “producing insane weddings” became a thing (yes, spice intended).
I’m a hopeless romantic who started buying wedding magazines with pocket money before Pinterest was even a twinkle on the internet.
Slight obsession? Absolutely.
Shame? None.
At that same estate, my first real wedding task was driving the bride to the ceremony in a vintage Silver Cloud Rolls-Royce. After that, I was posted behind an industrial dishwasher for the reception shift—and thrilled to be there.
I worked every single wedding, function, and polo event the venue hosted. That’s the perk of a five-star venue in full season: booked out, seven days a week. I saw everything.
Within three months, I had my own “venue wedding” to manage—meaning not quite a wedding planner, but a hand-holding venue manager stepping in as a resource to the couple.
A month later, I was coordinating a celebrity wedding with nationwide media coverage. The real war? News outlets crashing the ceremony—not Aunt Penny with her iPad.
Another month after that? A 600-guest wedding with a custom venue built from scratch in the middle of a very wet winter weekend.
This was all during my internship—fresh off the shelf. I was excited, a little terrified, and secretly wondering, Do the adults know about this?
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From there, I planned destination weddings in remote locations, pioneered global polo events, and co-ran a wildly successful wedding and events business.
I lived deep inside the industry and eventually transitioned into hospitality management—building high-impact suites and full-scale event operations from the ground up.
But no matter where I went, weddings kept calling me back. I found myself consulting with couples, guiding new planners, and sharing what I knew. And those conversations lit me up.
While creating stunning weddings is pure magic, what really moves me is helping someone feel empowered—whether it’s a couple realising they can design their wedding themselves with the right guidance, or an aspiring planner discovering they can build a career doing what they love.
I’ve met so many freelancers, juniors, and assistants who are so good, who should be running the show but aren’t. That needs to change. Few people love this craft as much as we do. Few care as deeply. And few get it right so effortlessly.
That’s why I started this space—to share the behind-the-scenes intel, the small tweaks that transform a couple’s experience, and the lessons you only learn in the trenches.
We’ve done the hard yards, so you don’t have to. You don’t need to take out student loans, spend years buried in theory, or wait for “permission” to start.
With the right framework, you can:
If you’ve dreamed about building a career in weddings—whether you’re just starting out or ready to step into a lead role—our Wedding OS: Production Essentials course gives you the exact framework, tools, and insider strategies I wish I’d had when I started.
You’ll learn how to:
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