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Wedding Architect crafts lifetime memories
By LAUREN CARR, Contributing writer
With the assistance of Frisco’s Ricardo Tomas, couples planning to tie the knot can be certain that their wedding day will be everything they imagined. His wedding boutique is uniquely located inside the Troy Richard Salon north of State Highway 121 at Legacy Drive.
Known as the “Wedding Architect,” Tomas’ services include full wedding coordination by helping the couple plan the entire wedding from the engagement all the way through the honeymoon. For a more a la carte approach, he can also plan just the day of the wedding should that be the demand.
Tomas has planned approximately 15 weddings since he began from his most basic wedding costing $10,000 to his most extravagant at about $100,000.
The most common setting for the weddings he has planned has been in a hotel ballroom in downtown Dallas.
“The most unique space so far, and the most beautiful has been the Gaylord Texan Resort in Grapevine because of its inside décor that makes you feel like you’re outdoors. Since I am from San Antonio originally it reminds me of downtown River Walk,” Tomas said.
Although he has always worked out of Texas, he has done some destination weddings in St. Paul, Minn., Nashville, Tenn., and Cancun, Mexico. In Nashville, he planned the wedding of country singer Sara Evans. He has also planned the wedding of local celebrity, Tara Gibson, now Tara Harris, who was the first runner-up to Miss Texas 2005.
Tomas continues to set the bar high. He hosted and produced his first fashion bridal show in March. He has also appeared in D Weddings magazine, which features wedding professionals and brides in the Dallas-Fort Worth area.
“The favorite part of my job is seeing everything come together. Basically, you only have one shot to do it. And the most gratifying part in the whole process is hearing the response from the parents and the couple that it was everything they set out for it to be which says a lot and makes my job well worth it,” he said.
Tomas is unique from other wedding planners because of his relationships with his clients.
“I really take each individual client personal. They each have their story and I do interview them in the process when I am getting to meet with them and I find out a lot about their background. Also, after the wedding I do remain friends with them as well as actually having attended some of their baby showers. It has been a good relationship so far,” he says.
The University of Texas at San Antonio graduate has the credentials to merit his Wedding Architect title.
“The reason for that is because of my design and degree since my degree is actually in architecture. I did not want to call myself wedding planner or wedding coordinator, I wanted something different and ‘Wedding Architect’ is something I can market and be unique and different from anybody else. Nobody else can possibly have that name. I think of myself as a contractor who is building a house. I pretty much have all my sources. I have florists, a baker, musicians, salons, dresses,” Tomas said.
Tomas was an interior designer for about 15 years before branching out to the wedding business. The first step he took in becoming a professional was to become a member of the Association of Certified Professional Wedding Consultants.
“I did take a 40-hour wedding course, and I believe without this knowledge I wouldn’t be able to do what I do. Most people think that [wedding planning] is something that anybody can do, but besides knowledge you have to have patience,” Tomas said.
In addition to working with weddings, he was influential in grooming Miss Frisco 2006, Shilah Phillips, as she prepared for the Miss USA pageant.
“We didn’t have to really help her with the modeling. She had that down, she carries herself very well, and [she’s] very knowledgeable. So what we pretty much had to do was kind of tweak her to get her in pageant mode and ready for interview process, that is a big part of the Miss America system. We got to take her wardrobe shopping and got her a good coach for voice lessons. We pretty much just geared her all the way to Miss America,” he said.
Because his first fashion bridal show was a success Tomas has another in the works for October.
He offers some professional and honest advice for anyone getting married.
“Don’t try and plan the whole thing yourself. Go ahead and invest in a wedding consultant to gear your finances in the right direction, to help your budget, and to basically take the stress away from the wedding day and from your family,” he said.
For information, visit www.ricardotomasweddings.com or call 214-908-3830.
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