The Wedding Planner

Platteville woman builds a business on one of life's special moments
PLATTEVILLE, Wis. -- It was an idyllic wedding reception -- more than 300 guests were scattered throughout the home of the bride and groom, dinner was over and the party was just getting started. That's when the bartender noticed they were on the last bag of ice with several hours to go. Cue Angella Day. "I trekked 12 miles to the closest town and picked up more cubed ice. The bride and groom didn't know about it until they saw the receipt on their counter the next morning," she said. Day, 32, has owned and operated Wishes and Dreams, a wedding and special events consulting business, for several years. In the last few months she moved the speciality business from her home to an office on Platteville's Main Street. As a wedding consultant, Day has seen her share of wedding day mishaps, from a caterer who used up the entire cake by cutting gigantic slices. Then there was the rambling reception toast. "I've had the bridesmaid that talked for 25 minutes," said Day, who said she tried to limit the oration by making a cutting motion across her throat in imitation of a stage director. For Day, the impetus for her entrepreneurship was the day before her wedding when she and her mother were in a car accident. Although not seriously hu...[viewing 1247 of 5251 characters]


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