If you have no idea on how to do your quinceanera decorations, read on, we’ve got your back! When nothing comes to mind, all you have to do is get inspired on an item or thing hopefully design by a professional, like a design, painting, or decoration. Finding the right combination of colors is very important or even the most important thing. To find the right combination of colors, get inspired on invitations, decorations or paintings. A good decoration is always based on a theme, like masquerade, zebra, butterflies, stars, princesses, etc.

The most cheap quinceanera decoration are balloons, all you have to do is rent the helium gas tank at a party rentals and start doing stuff with them.

How about eatable table centerpieces? Who does not like candy?

I would love to get one of those, all you have to do is go to the dollar store and get those bases and buy candy for them, what a nice idea don’t you thnk?

Ok for very elegant receptions, there is nothing that beats the traditional flower arrangement, they just look spectacular, but they can be a little pricy.

Quinceanera Wording Ideas and Frases

If your invitation has plenty of space for a large verse then you’re ok, bu if not, is best to choose a small verse for your invitations. Here are some small ones.

Son mis quince años una ilusión sin igual.
Los más lindos momentos nunca los voy a olvidar,
con mis familiares y amigos en esta noche tan especial.

Hacen 15 años Dios me regaló la vida,
y voy a celebrar mi gran fecha soñada
junto a mi familia querida en una noche de baladas.

Los momentos más felices y divertidos de la vida
se tornan más lindos cuando los compartimos
con familiares y amigos.

Gracias a Dios tengo unos padres
a los que amo por darme la vida,
y con el orgullo de ser su hija
hoy dejo de ser su niñita consentida,
y paso a ser su princesa querida.

Planning a Quinceneara for Next Year

Planning a quinceanera is always a big task, even more if you have not done one before. Well we’re here to help, feel free to browse our site for more tips, ideas, comments and insider stuff to all quinceanera. Well, lets get started. First of all we’re going to need a date, so start looking for reception halls in your area, one thing we need to know before looking reception sites is an idea of how many people it will hold. So we need the your number of guests, bigger quinces need a bigger salon right! Also don’t forget to include the dance area, check that the reception site has a good space for your corte de honor to dance their dances, surprise dance, etc.

The Quinceanera Reception Sites

With your number of guests in hand, ask around hotels, banquet halls, if possible go look at the place before deciding on it. Just ask if your date is available, but don’t sign the contract yet, because if you want a religious ceremony before it, then you must find a church close to your city that will do it for you in the same day. I guess locking the place and church would have to be done together, nowadays is becoming very difficult to synchronize these two. But with a little patience and time it can be done.

The Church / Religious Ceremony

If you want a traditional religious ceremony on your quinceanera, then the best thing to do is lock your church date first and then with plenty of time look for a salon. When it comes to locking places, time will be your only friend, ask the church administrator to lock your date in advance, many do it even one year earlier. Many new quinces don’t even have a religious ceremony anymore, many don’t do it because of the synchronizing dates hassle, or just because they’re not religious enough. Many others that really want to have one, do it in a different church and just have a blessing by a pastor. Many others don’t want to pay for it since some catholic churches have a very high price. Whether you’re having one or not, it is cool both ways.

Padrinos

This is very important, make your list very early in the planning process. Don’t be shy this is a tradition, and a very good one, it allows us to have many quinceaneras in this economy.

The Quinceanera Dress

Everything gets easier after picking the right quinceanera dress. The next step in your quinceanera planning project is to pick your quince dress, the color of your dress will dictate the theme colors, or at least give you some ideas for the decorations, favors, invitations, etc. When picking out your dress the big question is the color, what’s your favorite one? Turquoise, Hot Pink, Lime, Purple, Black or even Orange. Should I buy the dress on a store or online? Well, online is a little cheaper but, it may not fit you perfectly, and then you will have to pay for fixing it.

The Choreographer

Hire a choreographer for your traditional dances, baile sorpresas. I’ve seen choreographers work with a group of damas and chambelanes for as long as 6 months. It all depends how many hours per week you guys practice. The more people you have in your corte de honor the more difficult it is, since moms have to drive them to your home or place to where they practice. Also, you have to feed them all, or at least buy some snacks and drinks. Hiring a choreographer is becoming very expensive that’s why some people make up the dances themselves, or have a sister that had their quinceanera already, and is a little creative with dances and is up to the challenge.

Photo and Video

Finding a really good one is very important, this will be the only thing left after everything comes to an end. If you don’t want any surprises, ask for a sample video, a good videographer and photograher is not shy to show his work. Always allow plenty of time for the production of your video and photos, video editing and good photo retouching takes some time.

Catering

Many people do their own food preparation and serving, but at the end say, “I should not done that, I din’t have time to enjoy my party”. The Hispanic tradition is to serve your guests even if they arrive the party at 11 p.m. How crazy is that right! If you’re going to do this, always hire a waiter to do the job for you, or ask some relative to help you with that. Of course there are companies that do this for you too, they prepare the food, and serve it.

The DJ

Ask your video guy to recommend you a DJ. Or hire one that you know from a friends party. Hire one that has a good light show, or plenty of lights to make the place feel like a party. When it comes to hiring dj’s, ask about their onstage personality, and see if you like it. This is important since, sometimes people say. “No hablaba nada” or “Man, He didn’t shut up”. This is very true, some people want all the introductions there can be, announcement for every part of the event, etc. and many people want the dj, just to dj and be silent.

The Quinceanera Invitations

There is no party without guests right! Order your invitations 2-3 months in advance, people usually do it in 2 months in advance, but many others do it the same month, please don’t leave it to the very last 2 weeks, since you have to allow one week for production and another week for shipping. Many homemade invitations take even longer to make, allow 2-3 weeks for production and one week for shipping. If you’re ordering online, double check your names and last names, since this is the thing the stores don’t change. If you’re planning on having your padrinos on your invitations, choose an invitation with plenty of space, if not any invitation will do.

Ok, I think you can make a party now, you have all the basics, a dress, a place, the food, the dj, some one to video tape it, guests, of course there are many things left to do, but we’ll talk about them later. Feel free to browse around and read many other of our posts, happy quinceanera planning!

Invitation Wording Ideas and Frases

Quinceanera invitations Language? Yes, if you’re planning your quince this question is always asked. should i order my invitations in english or spanish, but there is no right answer, I guess if the mayority of your guests speak spanish then spanish is a good option.

Is it possible to order both english and spanish invitations? Yes, but it is more expensive. A good idea is to include both english and spanish wording on the same invite.

Should I order respond cards or RSVP cards? Respond cards are smaller cards that go with your invitation, the wording usually in it are your contact info so that the guest can contact you and tell you if they’re attending. These small cards usually come with a small envelope so that your guests can send them back by mail, but nowadays the cards have your phone number, email to contact you. The main idea behind the respond cards is that, once you know how many people are attending then you can order the exact number of plates with your catering company. These rsvp cards or respond cards look very elegant, but if you are in a tight budget then include the contact info on your quinceanera invitations.

Does the sponsor list go in the invitation? This is up to you, but nowadays this list is bigger and therefore won’t fit on your quince invite. Many people also include a separate sheet of paper with the list, and many people left the list for the video only.

When should I order my invitations? If your misa and salon dates are ready then you are ready. People usually do it two to four months in advance, time is your friend here, remember that.

Invitation with my picture? If your quinceanera invitations have a picture, remember that if you’re sending a pix taken by a professional then you’re probably also need to send a copy of the copyright release, basically saying that they can use the picture for your invitations. Ask your photographer for it, this sometimes delays the ordering process so, beware to have it ready. If you took the pic yourself then don’t worry about it.

How many invitations to order? Order 100, for a normal party, ordering less will save you pennies. 30 tables or more then order 150 to 175. It is always a good idea to order an additional 25 invitations, because if you reorder later, the expense is %50 more. Always ask your friend that just had a quinceanera and ask her how many invites she ordered. If you have a bunch of padrinos then order at least 200.

Quinceanera wording example: This is a very basic wording example, you may also add a frase at the beginning of the wording.

El señor (NOMBRE DE TU PAPA)y
la señora (NOMBRE DE TU MAMA)
se complacen en invitarles
a la celebracion de los
Quince Años de su hija
(NOMBRE DE LA QUINCEANERA)
(FECHA)
(HORA)
(DIRECCION)

Invitation wording with a frase at the beginning:

Tube un sueño cuando niña,
un deseo, una ilusion
que yo tuviera una
fiesta en un salon.
El gran dia ha llegado
gracias a Dios le doy
por ayudar a mis padres
en esta fiesta que dan hoy.
El señor (NOMBRE DE TU PAPA)y
la señora (NOMBRE DE TU MAMA)
se complacen en invitarles
a la celebracion de los
Quince Años de su hija
(TU NOMBRE)
(FECHA)
(HORA)
(DIRECCION)

Quince Anos Themes

Quince anos themes

Flores

Mariposas

Castillos

Cinderella

Estrellas

Mascaras

Frutas

Paises

Caricaturas

Programas de TV

Peliculas Favoritas

Que otras ideas tienes tu? What other ideas to you have for a quince anos theme?

Sweet 15 Celebration Planning

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Planning a quinceanera Part 2

This is planning a quinceanera party part 2. Our next thing to plan is the food, please don’t serve barbacoa like everybody else, be unique and your guests will love you. Ok, the next thing to decide is to have waiters or not, many smart organizadoras de quince, are deciding to have a buffet like quince, where people choose between different plates of food, we love buffets plus you don’t have to hire waiters, and food is not wasted as much.

Rules, Rules, Did you know that some banquet halls or salones don’t allow alcoholic drinks. Have that in mind, I have seen many parties that serve alcohol anyway but, beware because the police may come and cancel the party, I’ve seen it happen so follow the rules.

Always try to book dates as early as possible and ask for a contract, and please pay the contract fees, I’ve seen parties canceled because people paid only part of the deposit. And guess what, you loose that deposit completely. It is always a good idea to plan ahead and rent the reception hall a little bigger, why? sometimes, parties get over crowded and become a hazard, and guess what, the police may cancel it.

I don’t to scare you but many parties get canceled, for some reason or another, here is a little list of why some quinceanera parties are cancelled:

1. Too much people in the party, it exceeds the building capacity.

2. People entering and exiting the building too much.

3. People drinking outside the building

4. People doing drugs in the bathroom or outside the building

5. People fighting

6. Music is too loud

7. Kids playing outside the building unattended

If you liked this post and the tips I give you, comeback for more tips and quinceanera planning ideas.

Quinceanera invitation Wording ideas

Everybody seems to like the following invitation wording for quinceanera:

Also many people like to add to their quinceanera invitations the specific lunch hours like: Comida de 6 p.m a 9 p.m. this can be added at the very end of the invitation. I also have seen messages like: Vestir Formal which translates to: Formal Attire which means for the most hispanic community, no tennis shoes or shorts.

How many invitations to order?

Always multiple your total invitations by 3. If you give 100 invitations, you will have 300 guests, so be prepared to feed them all.

Songs Playlist for Quinceanera

A songs playlist for your quinceanera is always very useful, if you don’t have the songs, go buy the cd’s. Another option is to buy a prepaid credit card and buy them online, this way you are only buying the songs you really want. The last option is to download them from the internet, your song is probably on youtube, there is a program called “free youtube to mp3″, this program will download only the audio from the youtube videos. Sometimes quality is not so great, but it will do the trick. There are other tools out there, but be carefull when downloading programs like that, they usually came with a little adware or virus.

Also check http://www.superquince.com/quinceanera/songs for more quinceanera songs ideas

Invitation wording sample

I had a dream as a child,
a wish that I would have
a party in a ballroom
The big day has arrived
I thank God
for allowing my parents
to give me this party today

FATHER
MOTHER
cordially invite you
to the celebration of the
Fifteenth Birthday of their daughter
DAUGHTER
DAY
YEAR
TIME
LOCATION
ADDRESS
CITY, STATE

For more invitation wording ideas and samples, check this post:

quinceanera invitation wording

Ideas for Quinceanera Decorations