Quinceanera Uses Virtual Model to Pick Hairstyle

Even though the Quinceanera is a tradition that dates back over 500 years. Todays’ Latina can use the latest technology when planning for her special day.

Check out this website for the Quinceanera to Use the Virtual Model to Choose Best Hair Style. This is a great place for experimenting with different hairstyles. The site offers a virtual model that you can adjust to match your own measurements, age, and skin tone.

What’s next? Will the traditional Corte of Honor be replaced with virtual dancers?

Technology has changed our lives so much. Before long the close contact we experienced all the time with friends and family is now becoming less and less. It used to be teens talked on the phone too much of the time. Now it’s text messaging. It takes less time and you can text a few people in the same period of time as you would make one phone call to one person.

Life is becoming more and more impersonal. Learning how to communicate face to face will probably become more of a challenge as we continue to get more attached to our cell phones, I pods, and computers.

I recommend mom’s should have some fun also and check out the InStyle.com site and play with the makeover section.

Have fun.

All the best,

Priscilla
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Quinceanera Learns How to Celebrate during Recession

Mom's these days are telling their daughters they can't afford to have the Quinceanera they had hoped to have. I find where ever I go, everyone is talking about the difficult financial times we are all going through. If you are the same way as me when I turn on the TV and listen to the news, I feel just terrible. My friends tell me they feel the same way...

So! I recommend if we stop listening to the newscasters' recession messages we will feel better and enjoy each day, instead of worrying about it all the time. Just because our country is experiencing economic difficulties it doesn't mean we should stop living and enjoying the important things in life.

Sharing the rites of passage with family and friends is what our ancestors did. I'm sure our ancestors adjusted to what ever challenges they had to deal with at the time. Whether it was bad weather, poor crops, illness, fires or what ever. I'm sure our ancestors didn't give up celebrating the special Quince celebration for their fifteen year old girl on her birthday.

During the difficult times the community joined together sharing their love and gratitude for her as she made her step in life from a little girl to a young woman. Why shouldn't we do the same thing...

What we need to do is spend more time and focus on what does the Quinceanera Celebration mean to everyone in the family? It's not how lavish or how much money is spent on the party that makes it an important and memorable occasion.

I recommend you read Lily's story about her Quinceanera. In her Ask Lily blog, she writes about how wonderful she felt being the Princess at her Quinceanera Celebration. After you read her entries, I recommend you have your Quinceanera read them also. Then both of you should sit down and talk about what you want to do to celebrate her rite of passage. What does her Quince mean to both of you?

Don't miss out! When you sign up for my complimentary newsletter, and confirm your sign up, you will then be able to download my gift to you - the 17 page Quinceanera eplanner. When you review the pages of the eplanner it will assist you and members of your family to decide how you want to celebrate the Quinceanera's right of passage during the recession.

Enjoy,
Priscilla
P.S. Check out my Quinceanera book about how to plan a dream Quinceanera on a budget.

Good Planning for a Quinceanera Prevents Mistakes

I spoke with a single Dad today who handled all the planning for his daughters elegant and lavish Quinceanera by himself. He said the only mistake he made was that he thought the photographer was also taking video footage of his daughter's Quince. Ouch...

After the event is over we can't go back and correct our mistakes.

If you are planning a Quinceanera or helping a friend or relative with planning one. It's never too late to get my free 17 page Quinceanera eplanner.(sign up for my
free newsletter and you will be guided to the link to download the free 17 page eplanner, when you receive your auto-responder email.)

The eplanner contains check off lists covering all areas of the entire day and evening of the Quince Celebration.

If you order my book you will receive a bonus/gift of a 70 page Quinceanera eplanner. The eplanner refers to the area of book that covers the information you will find helpful for the area you are working on.

You will have a complete guide covering every step along the way. You will feel as if a professional event consultant was helping you through the entire planning process.

Not only will your prevent making mistakes, you will also save money using the professional advise and tips in the book.

Plus, you will have more fun with less stress.

Enjoy,

All the best,

Priscilla

Lily's Quinceanera Diary

Is your family working together to make your daughter's Quinceanera Celebration the day you have all planned for and dreamt about?

Lily has only eight more days till her special Quince party. The party is going to be held at her home. Since her mother is suffering with Multiple Sclerosis, Lily has to help her mother much more than most teens.

Lily has such a wonderful attitude about everything. We can all learn from reading Lily's blog entries in her My Quince Diary. She shares every day and how she and her family are planning for her Quinceanera party.

She shares her dreams and fears with us. Don't miss out and I hope you share and leave your own comments for her.

All the best,
Priscilla
P.S. Lily read my Quinceanera book She shared with me she couldn't put the book down. She read it three days. I recommend when you read her blog entries look for Lily's own personal growth. She speaks from her heart.

The Quinceanera's Diary ten days to go

Do you sometimes think about when you were a teen and who you talked to about things? The small things in your life and then things that seemed overwhelming you were too embarrassed to talk about them to anyone?

Things are different today. Our teens need their mom to listen to them more than ever before. So often we don't listen to our teens. We lecture. Our teens then run to their peers to listen to them. When this happens there is a risk of the outcome.

• They need us to listen to them.
• They need us to be understanding.
• They need us to be interested in what's on their mind.
• They need us to express that we are proud of their accomplishments-big and small.
• They need us to share our own ideas when they are ready to hear us.
  
• They need our appreciation and acceptance for who they are.
  
• They need our love.

Don't miss Lily's ... My Quince Diary.. the days before her Quinceanera. Lily shares her excitement in her blog entry every day with us. We are fortunate to be able to follow along with her introspective look at herself as she prepares herself for her celebration of her rite-of-passage.

Hope you enjoy her diary as much as I do.

All the best,
Priscilla
P.S. Share Lily's blog - Diary with your daughter or a teen you know. If you haven't purchased my book for the Quinceanera and her family. Read what others say about it.

Today's Quinceanera Miracle Is The Honored Sponsor

Have you been concerned whether you can afford your daughter's Quinceanera Celebration? Are you worried that you might not being able to make your daughter's dreams come true. The ones she has had since she was a little girl?

Thank goodness for the Quinceanera tradition of having honored sponsors. When the costs are divided up the Quince celebration can become a reality today. As a mom or aunt or friend of the Quinceanera I recommend you do a few of the following things.

Tips for planning a Quince Celebration:

1. First meet with your immediate family to discuss a budget for the Quinceanera celebration.
   
2. Then set up a list of each item you feel is required for the Quince celebration.
3. As a guide when you're developing a budget, I recommend you break down into categories and place the items into the correct areas listed
4. The amount you spend on food and beverage depends on whether you are having the party catered or at a hall or hotel. If the party is going to be held at home and sponsors are donating the food, the percentage will be much lower of the total budget.
   
5. These percentages should be used as a flexible guide.
   

• 52% for food and beverage.
  
• 18% for Photographer and/or videographer
• 4% spent is usually for Flowers
• 3% for cake
• 6% for Quinceanera dress and accessories
• 3%-18% for music
• 3% for Invitations
• 5-10% miscellaneous item

During these difficult economic times the Quinceanera tradition of having honored sponsors has made it possible for many families to be able to still have their daughter's Quince Celebration. It's tradition for honored sponsors to join in with the planning and sharing in the financial costs. That's what makes the Quinceanera tradition so meaningful. That's what our ancestors did. During good times and bad times our ancestors shared in making sure every Quinceanera in the community had her rite of passage celebration.

Quinceanera's Celebration #1 Secret for Saving Money

Isabel called me the other day. She said she wanted to have her daughter's Quinceanera celebration at the local hall in her neighborhood. She was upset, because the banquet hall wanted to charge her a rental fee of $700 for the room, plus security, plus...lots of other extra charges.

When she added up all the charges... they came to $1,500. That was before she added in the cost of renting tables and chairs, food and all the other costs for the reception.

She wanted to know what she could do. I first congratulated Isabel for not signing any agreement. And going home and adding up all the charges before making any decision. I told too many people don't do what she did. They say OK to what ever costs they are given. Then they go home add up the costs. Then they worry about where can they will get the money to pay for their daughters Quince celebration.

• #1 Tip is to sit down and figure out how much you have to spend on your daughter's celebration.
  
• Usually about one half (50%) is spent on the fiesta.
  
• Once you know how much you have to spend you can start checking out different places to hold your fiesta.
• Make an appointment with the banquet manager in order to find out the costs.
  
• Make sure they have the date you want available.
• Don't tell them the amount of money you are planning on spending for your daughter's Quince celebration.
  
• Thank the banquet manager and let them know you are checking out other places.
• Take the hand-out materials home with you.
• Figure out how much the costs would be for the number of people you expect to attend your fiesta.
• Check out at least three other places and follow the same procedure for each one.

Watch for the next secret re: how to get the best deal and what to do before you sign any contract.

If you can't wait for all the secrets to listed be on the blog. I recommend you order my book: Quinceanera Connection: Your Dream Celebration On Any Budget. You will receive a bonus/gift of a 70 page Quinceanera eplanner with your purchase of the book

Quince Girls' need Mom to Listen with Love & Understanding

Planning your daughter's Quinceanera takes lots of time and effort. Some days, I bet you wonder, how are you going to make it. But you do! That's being a mom. I wanted to share your daughter has her own challenges as she helps you with the planning of her Quinceanera celebration.

Most likely she is in high school now and that's a social shock for all girls. Your daughter needs you more than ever before. As I wrote in my book: Quinceanera Connection: Your Dream Celebration On Any Budget. In the 'Parent Talk Section', I discuss how important it's for every teenager to have a trusting sounding board to be heard with love and without judgment.

So often teens say- 'no one ever listens to me', because there is so much emotion in the conversations, no can really listen. The best way is too just listen. Listen with love and understanding.

Treat your daughter the way you want to be treated. Ask her how her day was. Tell her you love her, especially on those difficult days. Speak with a loving and caring voice. Don't criticize. listen...listen ...listen...

I want to share a new blog entry on my web site www.QuinceaneraConnect.com. Michelle's Blog is written by Michelle, a freshman in high school who is planning her Quinceanera. She and her mom have a beautiful relationship, but they had to work at it. I think Michelle has expressed her feelings and thoughts very well, about the challenges teen girl's have about 'boys'. I recommend you read her blog entry and have your daughter read it also. Then discuss it. Hear what she has to say. Michelle writes from her heart and soul the truth. That's what life is all about. Being true to yourself first.

All the best,
Priscilla