Ashley's Quinceanera

[igurbisz]

Hi All,
I'm planning my daughter's Quinceanera and thought I share a little about what this is for those that are not familiar with the term:

Today's ceremonies embrace religious traditions, and the virtues of family and social responsibility. The custom is a celebration of the young girl (la Quinceanera), and a recognition of her journey from childhood to maturity. The celebration highlights God, family, friends, music, food, and dance.

The festivities include food and music, and in most, a choreographed waltz or dance performed by the Quinceanera and her court.

The Quinceanera's court can be comprised of young girls (called a Dama), young men (called Chambelán or Escorte or Galán) or a combination of both - traditionally up to 14 persons in the court, which with the Quinceanera, would total 15 young people.

My daughter wants a full court - 14 girls and 14 boys plus her escort. We are in the early stages of planning. We are in Maryland and all my family is in California and my Husband's parents are in Mississippi and the rest of his family is in New Jersey. So no one here to help me :bbcry: I have already made the save the date (not a tradition for quinceaneras but everyone is so far I thought these would be useful). I have booked the church and venue and may have to diy catering if I can't find a great price. We are also looking at booking the DJ soon.

[bichonlvr]

How fun!!!

Can't wait to hear about all of your ideas, etc.

[RosieAngel]

Oooh, I went to one of those once! My friend had it when she turned 15. It was just like a mini-wedding! I remember that there was a mass at the church, and a similar arrangement of people at the altar. She wore a beautiful pink dress with flat ballerina slippers, and afterwards, there was a high-heels ceremony, where she trades her slippers on her first grown-up shoes. Then, she danced with her father!

[SerendipityCrafts]

This is going to be a great thread to follow. I love the whole idea of a Quinceanera! Neat!

The closest thing to this that I know of was a "debut" that my friend was part of. She is Hungarian and it's traditional for the girls of age, to "come out" at a Hungarian ball. All the girls were all decked out in white dresses with long white gloves and the guys were in tuxes.

[Nekochanpurr]

Ohhhh, fancy!! I've never heard of it before!! *^^* Yay for learning new things!

[igurbisz]

Here is our planning progress

Decide on date (Check)
book Church (Check)
book Reception (Check)
Photographer (Check)
DJ (Check)
Ask Court of honor - deadline Oct. 15th
Decide on theme and colors -(Check) sunset theme, colors red/orange/pink
dinner meal- unsure of meal but will DIY
Cake- (Check)
Dress - still looking
Damas Dress - still looking
Tiara-
Tuxedo -
Flowers-
Centerpiece- balloon decorations DIY need to purchase
Attendants gifts
Invitations- have narrowed it down to two. Need to make a sample of each
STD- designed need to print
Programs-
Waltz-
table tents-
candy buffet

May need to add more; this is what I remember for now.

[igurbisz]

Here is one of the invites Ashley has picked.

http://i533.photobucket.com/albums/ee331/igurbisz2008/invite.jpg

[igurbisz]

Here are the invites ashley has picked. I need to make a sample of each so she can choose one.
http://i533.photobucket.com/albums/ee331/igurbisz2008/invites1.jpg

http://i533.photobucket.com/albums/ee331/igurbisz2008/invite.jpg

[garnet]

pretty! are you doing a wedding dress with no train for the lady of the day or just a formal style dress? just curious. I worked at a bridal shop and fitted many a little lady shopping for a quinceanera. my daughter is thinking about hers and she's 9! the best story is the one where the girl, 15, bought her dress, wore it to her party, and her boyfriend, 17 fell in love with her look. when she turned 18 he asked her to marry him, and she said No (not until after college) at age 20 they married and he asked her to wear that dress. I met her when she came in for a little alteration and a veil.

[igurbisz]

She is looking for a pink dress and may have found one. I will post later. That is so cool that the quinceanera married in the same dress (great way to save some money).

[igurbisz]

We found the dress for the damas(equivolent to bridesmaid). It is perfect. Ashely's colors are red-pink-orange.

http://i533.photobucket.com/albums/ee331/igurbisz2008/damasDress.jpg

[igurbisz]

http://i533.photobucket.com/albums/ee331/igurbisz2008/ashley_bottle_label.png

This will be the water bottle label. I will use brochure paper (Thanks Danielle!) My daughter plays the flute and the music notes are from Fur Elise. This is the background music to Nas- I know I can. Here are some of the lyrics.
I know I can
I know I can
Be what I wanna be
Be what I wanna be
If I work hard at it
If I work hard at it
I'll be where I wanna be
I'll be where I wanna be

Verse 1:

Be be
Boys and girls listen up
You can be anything in the world
In God we trust
An architect, doctor, maybe an actress
But nothing comes easy it takes much practice
Like, I met a woman who's becomin a star
She was very beautiful
Leavin people in awe
Singin songs Leena Hawn

[EarlyBird]

I LOVE THOSE DRESSES FOR HER GIRLS!! HOW EXCITING. i love the whole idea of these parties. i was a deb and we did the white dress thing.. it is so much fun to do this type of thing :) good luck with everything

[igurbisz]

Thank You. I get so many ideas from this wonderful site.

[Danielle9608]

The labels look awesome! Great job :)

[Kay]

O! I love this thread. I have been to a "coming out" or debutante ball before... but this looks much lovelier. LUV the damas dresses!! I also like the "fan" invites the best.

[luckythirteen05]

Most of my family is catholic, so I've been to plenty, but never had one myself. I love love love the color scheme! So bright & inviting. The damas dresses are gorgeous! You must be very proud. Hope all goes well. Keep the updates coming!

and I love her name and her date! (my name is ashley and my wedding will be june 13, 2010) what a coincidence!

[igurbisz]

Save the dates are not used for Quinceanera's but all our family is out of state so I would like to give them plenty of time to plan their trip. The picture on here will not be the one we are using. I just placed one there to see what it would look like.
http://i533.photobucket.com/albums/ee331/igurbisz2008/STD.jpg

[luckythirteen05]

very cute! love that they look like plane tickets. that's a great idea. who thought of it?

[Danielle9608]

Very cute. Great Job!

[igurbisz]

Thanks! I have been lurking thru wedding websites for several months now and have gotten great ideas from all the talented brides out there.

[brendalin]

I am SO excited to follow this thread! My roommate in College showed me a video of a Quinceanera and I thought it was completely magical! All of your ideas so far are great!

[Nekochanpurr]

I am curious though.. What culture is this from?? And what purpose is this suppose to hold? What can i say, i'm a nosey girl. :D I had never heard of one of these things before this post..!

[luckythirteen05]

I am curious though.. What culture is this from?? And what purpose is this suppose to hold? What can i say, i'm a nosey girl. :D I had never heard of one of these things before this post..!

A lot of hispanic catholics have this tradition. I'm not sure about anyone else... but I just know this from experience.

[Nekochanpurr]

Oh neat!! *^^* Hehe. I'm kind of jealous! XD

[igurbisz]

I am curious though.. What culture is this from?? And what purpose is this suppose to hold? What can i say, i'm a nosey girl. :D I had never heard of one of these things before this post..!

As Ashley mentions it is Hispanic culture. I explained a little about what it means in my first post. Sorry but I'm not sure how to put the link here.

[Nekochanpurr]

Its okay. I actually was watching TV with my little cousin (a kids show) and in between they said it was Hispanic month or something, so they talked about one.. It looked neat!!

[igurbisz]

Here is our first attempt at the invitation. We are struggling to get a scallop look at the top and my friend tried to cut with the scallop scissors but when you close the fan they don't line up. We are going to use a tassel instead of ribbon

http://i533.photobucket.com/albums/ee331/igurbisz2008/invite_test.jpg

[Danielle9608]

These look great! Have you checked out the scrapbooking section at any craft store. They have scissors that cut edge like that, also have paper punchers that do the same thing.

[Kay]

Awesome! Luv those!

[luckythirteen05]

beautiful!!!