WHITE BRIDAL MAGAZINE

TEXT By: Victoria Adelina Cortinas / PHOTOGRAPHY: Mark-Thomas-Pro-Photo-and-Video
SOCIETY / WEDDINGS
would interfere. “Sometimes, our own wants would
cloud my experienced judgement and it was a struggle
to balance our wants vs our realistic needs and expectations.
But like most things, there are pros and cons to
being a do-it-yourself bride.”
Taking the Driver’s Seat
Kryzta, a natural planner and designer with a knack for
Luckily, this determined bride-to-be wasn’t alone. With a
crafting said when it came down to deciding on a wedding
powerful team of colleagues that included Stacey
planner, the decision was simple. With encouragement
DeWine of Panache Event Group and Tina Humphrey
from her supportive fiancée and a few industry colleagues,
from Diamonds and Dreams, the guidance and clarity
Kryzta and Fabio decided together that they would forego
Kryzta sometimes needed were often only a quick phone
the tradition. Instead, Kryzta would rise to the challenge of
call away. "The extra encouragement guided her through
planning it all herself—a challenge that while exciting, was
both sentimental and common stressful challenges such
completely new and seemed a bit unfamiliar.
as wedding dress shopping without her mother being
present, creating stationery from scratch and planning
“With my experience in the event industry, I have assisted
out appropriate rain plan layouts."
brides, their mothers and other clients with their
event-related needs,” said Kryzta. “The fact is, it’s a different
With Hearts and Hands
ballgame when you are in charge of your own events—let
Choosing a glorious hill country setting for their celebration
of love, the couple was captivated by the old world
alone your own wedding. There are so many things and
situations that come to play when doing it yourself.”
architecture of the Villa at Cibolo Chase which reminded
them of their Colombian and Mexican roots. Set to a
Among those challenges was finding the right balance
backdrop of rolling hills and lush greenery, this hidden
between bride and planner as sometimes the two roles
South Texas gem was the perfect venue for the couple’s
outdoor Sunday morning ceremony.
Bold fuchsia, violet and peacock blue flowers and eucalyptus
brought life to an elegant Birchwood arbor handmade
by Eden’s Echo at the head of the ceremony site.
Gold vases hung gracefully on shepherd hooks, swaying
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with the breeze and leading up to a strikingly beautiful
stained-glass lantern at the front of the aisle. The stained
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glass cardinal flickered with candle light beside her late
mother’s portrait resting on her memorial seat.
Kryzta, who’d been extremely close to her mother
wanted to pay tribute to the woman whose spirit and
memory, Kryzta believed, had never left her side.
“Prior to her passing, her final words to me were ‘I am
going to try real hard to make it to your wedding and
don’t worry, I will make your dress too,’” Kryzta recalls.
Except she never got a chance to—at least not in
person—so Fabio and I included her in every way we
possibly could."
SOCIETY / WEDDINGS
Beautifully painted Sacred Heart ornaments adorned the
ceremony site as a prerecorded guitar ballad created by
Fabio and his brother Diego marked the processional. As
the bride walked down the aisle arm-in-arm with her
father, “Xochipitzahuatl,” a traditional Mexican song
FALL 2018 | WHITE BRIDAL
FALL 2018 | WHITE BRIDAL