The tradition of a formal invitation helps add to the elegance of your Quinceanera invitations. That formal tradition includes the RSVP card. Yet there are some excellent reasons to add the efficiencies of electronic services to help both you and your guest confirm their attendance at your Quinceanera. Having guests confirm their invitation electronically adds convenience to both you and them, and offers a cost-savings as well.
It is recommended that your Quinceanera invitations still include a physical RSVP card. Trying to add “Please RSVP via www….. ” will likely be too much text, and will not fit the layout of your Quinceanera invitations. Instead, simply select a nice paper for your RSVP card (it will match that of the invitation in many cases, but it doesn’t have to) and present simple instructions for your guests to confirm their attendance.
There are many ways to manage confirmations to your Quinceanera, and you should choose one that matches your (and your guests) comfort using technology. You may ask guests to confirm with an email, which even most grandparents and elderly guests know how to do. Many of your social profiles, such as Facebook, give you the option to create an event. You could create an event, possibly using using the colors of your Quinceanera invitations, and then let people confirm that they will or will not attend. But be careful when using this method. Be sure that your online profile is suitable for parents and their friends. That means, if you have questionable language, graphics, or photos on your page, try another option. There are ways to create your event online as well, giving your guests the ability to RSVP just by going to a site that you provide information to. There are several free or inexpensive online services that you can also use – just try a google search on “RSVP online” and you’ll find lots of options.
Once you have a place to send your guests to RSVP your Quinceanera invitaions, you need to provide them the link. This is easy if you were presenting your invitations online, but we haven’t yet reached the point where this is an acceptable way to deliver a formal invitation. On the other hand, the link or URL that you want your guests to use to confirm their attendance at your Quinceanera is likely to be quite long, and will lead to problems if you try to provide written instructions in the invitations. The solution to that is to use a URL shortener. URL shorteners can take a long URL and convert it to a reasonably short one, making it easier for your guests to type in the right web address. Tinyurl.com is just one such service.
A traditional RSVP card included with your Quinceanera invitations is always the right way. But It’s not necessarily wrong to give your guests the option of confirming online. Short, simple instructions can still be formal and offer both you and your guests an added convenience. Other ideas???
Shelly over at the Stamp Crazy Girl blog has designed some nice, custom Quinceanera invitations. She started by planning the design with the Sweet 15 official colors in mind, and then made a few mock-ups.
This DIY (do-it-yourself) approach can bring a touch of unique elegance to a at an affordable price, especially if you already have stamping supplies. Even if you don’t, the cost savings over a large number of invitations can justify the expense. That being said, your Quinceanera is a once-in-a-lifetime event, and you want your Quinceanera invitations to be just right. It’s not the time to start experimenting, especially if you’re not the artistic type. If you don’t have stamping experience or supplies, yet you want to create stamped Quinceanera invitations, your best bet may to recruit the help of a friend with experience.
Of course there are other options that don’t involve the stamping route. Your local crafts store will have a good variety of card stock – all types, textures, and colors. Add some velum, ribbons, or other types of “bling”, and you have everything you need to create beautiful Quinceanera invitations. You can do the layout on your computer using a nice font for elegance. If the print and graphics are simple, your home printer may be sufficient. Your local print store can be very useful in providing better print quality than you may be be able to get at home.
Get your family or damas to help you with assembly. Once you do one, the other 199 are a breeze!
It takes just a little to get to the good stuff, but I really like the way this video captures the innocence of childhood and the playfulness of a young woman. It emphasizes the essence of the Quinceanera over extravagance. This same concept can be incorporated into your Quinceanera invitations. The invitations set the tone of the event, and may be simple, playful, or elegant. But even formal invitations don’t need to be expensive. You can save money by making your own from scratch. Another option is to use professionally produced Quinceanera invitations such as these, and print your own verse and details using your home computer and printer. Try browsing this selection of Quinceanera invitations from Amazon and other locations to find an invitation for your Sweet 15 that you can make uniquly yours!
What a great way for your guests to receive their Quinceanera invitations! As if washed up on the shore, your special guests will feel it’s their destiny to participate in your Sweet Fifteen. This particular piece is another Hanson Ellis product. Although the company markets items for brides, this design is perfect for your Quinceanera invitations.
Use it as an invitation to any beach, water, or boat-themed Quinceanera. These glass bottles are filled with fine sand and real mini seashells. Your custom invitation is printed on natural oil paper with cedar leaves. Each beach invitation bottle is firmly corked and is adorned with a raffia ribbon. You can even have the bottle engraved with your initials or message.
The “message in a bottle” idea is good for a theme Quinceanera celebration. We previously discussed the Aladdin Quinceanera (and great video) here at MyQuinceaneraInvitaions.com. Other appropriate themes could be “tropical paradise”, “Hawaiian Luau”, or “Island Oasis”. You could also use these for any celebration held at a yacht club, harbor, or other waterside venue.
This is an idea that you can have fun with, and even create yourself. Hobby shops will have different shapes and sizes of bottles, papers, and even sand. Try getting some friends to help you, and you’ll all have fun creating some memorable Quinceanera invitaions.
This beautiful, custom Quinceanera invitations by Just Embossed represents an excellent, high end option for your celebration. The card stock features an embossed, or raised border and monogram to give a very personal touch. The photo is of a wedding invitation, but the colors and style are excellent for your Quinceanera as well.
At $545 for a set of 100, this high quality set includes the works – inner and outer envelopes, name cards of guests, RSVP cards and envelopes, and reception cards. The invitations may even be addressed with your guests’ names in raised letters.
So you’re having a Christmas Quinceanera? No… I didn’t think so. If your birthday happens to come during the Christmas season, you’ve spent the last 14 years sharing your birthday with a major holiday. You know the experience of wondering if your birthday celebrations would be, well, bigger if they fell during another part of the year. And it’s not about the presents that might be better another time of year, because you’re just happy to be remembered on your… what?!! Of course it’s about the presents!! Girl, it’s time to cash in!
So while a Christmas Quinceanera could be very beautiful (thinking a Snow Princess theme) this is the one year, perhaps the only year of your life, where you’re justified scheduling your celebration at another less conflicting time. First of all, venues will be at a premium this time of year. Churches are busy with their own events, and every business in town is clamoring for a reception hall to host their Christmas party. Same issue with caterers. Your guests also have commitments to these same events, in addition to travel plans that may take them away entirely. Your Quinceanera invitations that you put so much effort into may also be lost among your guests’ holiday cards.
And then there’s the issue of gifts. Combine the current economy where pocketbooks may be lighter with the gift giving season, and your celebration can be seen as one more strain on your potential guests. Scheduling your Quinceanera a few months out will make planning easier for you, and celebrating easier for your guests. Don’t worry about etiquette. Since the Quinceanera celebrates a stage of life more than a certain day, It’s perfectly acceptable to hold your Sweet 15 within a year of your actual birthday.
If you take on that Christmas Princess Quinceanera, you have the opportunity to create an extrordinary, beautiful, memorable Quinceanera. White with a touch of red, trimmed in silver or gold will be a beautiful theme, and people will be talking about it for years. Send us an invitation! But scheduling at another time leaves you well within your rights, and likely even appreciated by your guests.
You want your Quinceanera invitations to be unique, but shopping for invitations brings nothing that strikes your fancy? Try thinking way outside the box, at least to get ideas. Your Quinceanera invitations are one part of the celebration that gives you plenty of opportunities to stretch your creative muscles.
First, don’t limit yourself to delivery in a flat envelope via standard mail service. What if you could send them in a box? Or a plastic bottle? Or a piece of wood? The post office will deliver a wide variety of shapes and sizes. You will pay extra for unusual shapes and materials, but let’s start with no limitations just to get you thinking. I once mailed a gift in a two liter plastic bottle along with confetti and other decorations. No outer box – just the bottle with a label. It was great!
Second, what if you didn’t even use the post office to deliver your Quinceanera invitations? What if they were delivered by a silver knight on a white horse? OK, that may be venturing into fantasy and for some, but would it be impossible? Even for a few of your guests? Even in your fantasy? Just go with me for a minute. Maybe a singing messenger could deliver them. Or a royal servant, a “casting director”, a clown? You can get really creative if you have a theme for your Quinceanera.
For example, if your sweet 15 celebration is an Aladdin theme, your invitations could be rolled in a scroll and placed in a genie’s bottle. If the theme is a Hawaiian luau, the invitations could be attached to an actual lei (that flower necklace that Hawaiians wear) and delivered in person by your chambelanes dressed in white pants and Hawaiian shirts. If your celebration is a princess theme, your invitations could be read aloud from a scroll by a visiting royal servant (costumed appropriately, of course), who leaves behind the formal paper invitation. If your theme is rock & roll, your invitations could be in the form of a concert poster.
Really let your imagination run wild and think of ideas as if budget, vehicles, materials, and personnel were no object. After you have some ideas, then start to consider what your real limitations are. If you don’t have access to a knight and a white stallion, you could decide to settle for the black stallion or simply a person on foot outfitted by your local costume store. You’ll likely find that your more outgoing family and friends would jump at the chance to “perform” the delivery of your Quinceanera invitations. Also, all your Quinceanera invitations don’t have to be handled the same way. You could mail traditional invitations to out of town guests, but limit the really creative ones to your local area.
Of course, you can’t go wrong with the traditional, formal Quinceanera invitations delivered by traditional mail service. This method has all the elegance you could desire. But if you’re looking for creative, unique Quinceanera invitations to match your personality, don’t be afraid to “think outside the envelope!”
Make your own paper? That’s right! You can customize handmade paper using a variety of materials ond colors. You can, but should you? That’s another question entirely. If you’re thinking of making the paper for your Quinceanera invitations you really need to consider the time involved. Making paper can be a fun hobby, although there are lots of steps and it is time consuming. In addition to a special box called a “deckle”, a list of supplies includes:
Blender
Rolling Pin
Flat workspace
Kitchen sink with stopper, or large plastic tub
Kitchen Towels, or rags
Paper Blotters
nylon screen
sponge
leaves, moss, glitter, or other decorations
Paper – you can use old envelopes, papers, newspapers,
So while the product can be beautiful and fun to create, your Quinceanera invitaions are just one part of your sweet 15 celebration that you are planning. You have so many details that you’re planning with your family, and your time may be better spent on other details. If you like the idea of using handmade paper for your Quinceanera invitations, you can often buy it at your local art supply or craft store. WIth papers including materials such as petals, leaves, and grass, your invitations are guarnteed to be unique, and can be a fun project, and a nice keepsake from your Quinceanera.
This video shows a very nice Quinceanera celebration. It shows how white can be used to present a theme of elegance and formality. Invitations to this Quinceanera were likely simple, yet formal, using basic white, or perhaps a black or silver ribbon on white cardstock. A black & white portrait could be used beatifully in the invitations for this Quinceanera, and would be a great way to create absolutely unique Quinceanera invitations. What do you think would be the best Quinceanera invitations for this theme?
Shelly over at the Stamp Crazy Girl blog has designed some nice, 
What a great way for your guests to receive their Quinceanera invitations! As if washed up on the shore, your special guests will feel it’s their destiny to participate in your Sweet Fifteen. This particular piece is another Hanson Ellis product. Although the company markets items for brides, this design is perfect for your 
Make your own paper? That’s right! You can customize handmade paper using a variety of materials ond colors. You can, but should you? That’s another question entirely. If you’re thinking of making the paper for your Quinceanera invitations you really need to consider the time involved. Making paper can be a fun hobby, although there are lots of steps and it is time consuming. In addition to a special box called a “deckle”, a list of supplies includes: