I was invited to be on the program Con Chile y Limon. It aired on LA channel 22, Monday - June 1 at 4 p.m. It was the first time I was on a major television program. It was about Proms. My part was discussing what style and color was best for your body type. As soon as I get a copy of the show I will put a segment on the site.

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In the mean time I am finishing my Quinceanera Book, On How to Choose the Perfect Quinceanera Dress for Your Body Type and Coloring. Including some hints for choosing your perfect makeup.

If you want to be on the early list for ordering your copy send me an email at:

Priscilla@quinceaneraconnect.com

Wishing you all the best,

Priscilla

Even if you haven’t picked out your Quinceanera Dress yet, I bet you are concerned what hair style will be just perfect for you? When I was doing some searching on the Internet I found a virtual tool that will solve all your concerns regarding how you should wear your hair for your Quinceanera Celebration.

Just incase you haven’t been to the InStyle.com web site before you will find this is a site you should bookmark. Just like I hope you bookmarked this site. You need to register to upload a picture of yourself to place on the virtual model. But, what fun you’ll have.

Go to this link: InStyle.com

Check it out. Let me know what you think of it.

Choosing the right style can be even more stressful sometimes than choosing your dress. I wrote in my book, Quinceanera Connection: Your Dream Celebration On Any Budget, you should always have a practice session with your hairdresser.

The virtual model can help you play with some alternative styles. You will be able to have an idea of what style would look the best on you.

If you have the software to take a picture of the screen you will be able to bring the picture into your hairdresser. Won’t she be surprised!

Have fun!

All the best,

Priscilla

Why will making a mistake change a Latina’s life forever? How can we make sure our Quinceanera will be the Princess of her own life and not the Ugly Stepsister? The only way is if she completes her high school education and doesn’t become a teen mother.

Have you been listening to the news and reading the headlines about the increase in teen pregnancy and school dropouts. It’s an epidemic! I’ve been talking about this problem since I performed research, did interviews and wrote my book. This is the perfect time when you are planning your Quince celebration to develop a closer mother-daughter relationship that will grow forever.

Most Latina girls have shared with me, they have been dreaming about being a Princess at her Quinceanera since she was a little girl. The girls’ share remembering the day they attended their cousin’s Quince and their cousin looked like an actress in a movie.

Most days I receive phone calls from Moms and Quinceaneras who are planning to be a Cinderella, a Princess or have a fairytale theme for their special day.

Celebrating a rite of passage offers the celebrant a time to share with friends and family achieving a milestone in her life. The tradition of the Quinceanera is having an elegant ball as part of the Quince Celebration.

The Quince celebration is an important day in a Latina’s life. However, the remaining 364 days of the year don’t offer the fairytale theme. The other days of the year come with challenges that can be overwhelming.

I wrote in my book, Quinceanera Connection: Your Dream Celebration On Any Budget… Your daughter needs you more than ever before.

Giving your daughter a beautiful Quince Celebration is wonderful, but what your daughter also needs is a MOM who will listen to her and who she can trust.

This is the time for the Latina to be able to have a life her ancestors couldn’t have been able to achieve.

• That’s completing a college or trade school education.

• Having a career where she is happy and offers her a good life with a purpose and giving back to the community and beyond.

Wishing you all the best,

Priscilla
P.S. Be the Mom she needs. Share ideas, time and love as you plan her beautiful Quinceanera together. Check out the section of my Quinceanera book ‘Parent Talk’. It’s filled with lots of helpful advice.

A mother phoned me the other day and asked, if I had any ideas for designing a theme for her daughter’s Quinceanera Celebration. She said her daughter chose her favorite colors green and black for her party theme. However, she didn’t want to have the same Disney theme like all her friends had.

I asked if her daughter had a hobby or any special interest. She said her daughter loves the outdoors. The family still goes to the park and walks together. Her daughter loves birds, flowers, and butterflies. I thought that was a great start. I recommended her daughter buy some magazines and cut out pictures of the things she likes that best represents the outdoors and the things she admires.

Then, I said her daughter should take a piece of poster board and paste the pictures on the board. Next, she should spend some time looking at her newly created picture. After a few days or so, she should choose what she likes the most from her picture. She should then use the things she chose as a starting point for her creating her theme.

This is great place to start from for the following reasons:
• She spent time doing research finding the things she liked.
• When she created her picture she had to make decisions as to what she liked and discarded what she didn’t like.
• Because she spent time looking at her choices, she was able to develop confidence in her decision making process.
• The end result was that she developed her own plan and it was her own idea. She didn’t copy anyone else’s ideas.

Not only did she come up with her own special theme. She also learned life skills that will help her in every situation forever. That’s a win-win! She created her own special Quinceanera theme, combining it with a confidence building experience.

All the best,

Priscilla

Today, I received a phone call from a mother who lives in San Antonio. Her name is Ana. She said her daughter’s Quinceanera is in one and half years from now, but she didn’t know where and when to start. She said she had visited Barnes & Noble and was looking for a Quinceanera Planner.

Ana said the planners were pretty, but didn’t help her with what to do and how to do it. She saw my book Quinceanera Connection: Your Dream Celebration On Any Budget with the gift of the 70 page eplanner.

We talked for awhile. Ana was excited when she found out my book and the planner work in conjunction with each other. Since she’s a nurse, she knows how important organization and keeping notes and papers together are. Whether it’s for planning a Quinceanera party or just about anything you do in life.

Where ever you are in the planning of your Quinceanera celebration my book combined with the 70 page eplanner will save you lots of money and eliminate the stress that comes with planning a large event.

Go now and check out my book. The first two chapters are available for free for immediate download. Check out what people are saying about the book.

Maria, had her Quince in November. She said she loved the book. In fact she couldn’t put it down. She took it to school and got into trouble reading it during her English class. Please girls don’t do that.

Lisa, a mother of a Quinceanera told me she ordered the book and stayed up most of the night reading it. She said she really found it so helpful. After reading the book, she then gave it to her daughter, who loved it also.

Moms and daughters both say that reading my book has helped them share ideas about planning for the special day. Rosa, a mom from New York said she and her daughter had a better understanding of what had to be done for her Quince. And how they were going to get everything completed in time. Rosa thanked me and said she and her daughter had lots of fun planning her Quince because they read Quinceanera Connection and used the planner together.

Don’t miss out…check it out! Quinceanera Connection.

Have fun.

All the best,

Priscilla

Lily our Ask Lily blogger had a wish and her wish came true. However, just like Cinderella Lily got more than she asked for. She had hoped she would have a small Quinceanera celebration with her family and a few friends.

She knew the family budget was very, very small since her father had lost his job and her mother was ill. She had dreams about wearing a beautiful gown, but she never thought under the circumstances this would ever happen.

Lily is a good student and a wonderful devoted daughter she was satisfied with being able to share with the people who loved her at a small Quince celebration party. Even if she was going to wear one of her favorite dresses hanging in the closet she shared with her two sisters it was OK.
We can all learn from Lily. Asking and focusing on what we want and being ready to receive the gifts to come from somewhere we never expected.

Read the story about Lily: click on the title -
Slices of life: Reading High sophomore a role model to other teens

‘Ask and You Shall Receive.’ - try it and be ready and grateful to receive the goodness you deserve even in these difficult economic times. Turn your worry and darkness into light and love.

All the best,

Priscilla

Do you wonder how you can have the beautiful Quinceanera Celebration you have dreamed about since you were a little girl? Are you worried, especially hearing all the scary news about the economy?

In my book I wrote about how to have a fabulous Quinceanera Celebration without breaking the bank. Without being in debt! Without spending lots of money.

By now you might think it’s impossible, but it’s not! I will list five of the most important secrets to start.

1. You need to have a Quinceanera planner in order to use as a guide to work the same way event planners work. Sign up for my newsletter and when you confirm your request you will be given a link to my free 17 page Quinceanera eplanner.
2. Meet with all decision makers for your Quince Celebration and figure out how much money is available to be spent for your special day. This needs to be a dollar amount that your family can afford. Even if it is $500.
3. What ever the amount is you need to break down the amount of dollars available for each category. Use the break down by percentage as a guide for your budget breakdown by category: 100% = total budget.

• 52% - food/beverage/banquet hall
• 18% photographer &/or videographer
• 5% flowers
• 3% cake
• 5% Quinceanera dress and accessories
• 3-18% depending on type of music
• 3% Invitations
• 5-10% miscellaneous

4. Next on the list is how many people you want to invite to your celebration. The number of people you invite and your budget makes the difference as to how creative you will need to be in order to have a dream celebration on your budget.
5.Good organization is the next most important area thats needed in order to have a successful celebration that will be a special event filled with beautiful memories forever.

I will write about a different topic each week. Don’t miss out, check back frequently and learn what the professionals know. Yes, you can have it all on any budget.All the best,Priscilla

P.S. If you don’t have the time to wait and you need answers and guidance now. Order my book Quinceanera Connection: Your Dream Celebration On Any Budget and get your bonus gift of a Quinceanera 70 page eplanner.

I received a call from a gal from San Antonio, Texas. She was doing a family member a favor and helping with the planning of her Quinceanera. The family was on a small budget and they needed help from someone who had planned one before. So Adrianna was called to help.

Adrianna needed to purchase the invitations. She was stressed because the Quinceanera was still writing out the copy. I told her don’t worry I work with the perfect printer and they always take care of me and my customers.

She wanted to order 200 invitations. She was worried that she had thirty names of those in the Corte of Honor to be printed on the Invitations. I knew my printer could take care of it. Adrianna was so grateful her wish was taken care of. At no extra charge.

How she saved money was by doing the following: She ordered the invitations without the colored lining and without the return address printed on the envelope. The cost of invitations with the plain envelope was less than $1.50 each. That’s custom printed with a two day turn around.

Adrianna was so happy. I thought the price was very reasonable also. Since, last week I bought a Birthday card off the rack at the drug store and it cost me $4.00.

Do you have some ideas on how to save money when planning a Quince…please share them with us.

All the best,

Priscilla

How did you celebrate the entering of the New Year? Did you take a few minutes thinking about 2008 and what you would like for yourself in 2009?

When I grew up everyone made New Year’s resolutions. Mine was usually the personal goals I wanted to accomplish in the New Year. I think on the top of my list was to get higher grades.

The problem was whatever grades I got, my father always thought I could do better. So there I was trying to please my father and feeling never being good enough, because I could never please him. He always told me I could do better.

I gather I felt like a loser, even when I received A’s or 100% grades, because I couldn’t be perfect. How sad I didn’t realize the only person I needed to please was myself. I needed to set my goals and then be very happy when I accomplished them.

I needed to believe in myself, because if I was waiting for someone else to tell me that I was doing a good job, I would never be happy. I would never be self-confident. I would always be searching for approval from other people. I would never feel special. I would always question whether I was good enough.

• If you want to make a New Years resolution the best one is to accept yourself for who you are.
• Believe in yourself.
• Accept the fact you are a special person.
• Appreciate every accomplishment you make…big or small.
• If you ever hear the self doubt voice…take a deep breath…then exhale… repeat to yourself: ‘I AM A SPECIAL PERSON’.
• Remember you are a special person and don’t judge others nor worry what other people think or say about you. Most likely those who judge others don’t have any self-confidence. They want to tear other people down so they can feel better about themselves.
• SAD…sad…sad, but that’s their problem not yours.

Happy New Year…enjoy and be grateful for what you have. Be ready for your goals and dreams to become reality. You are a special person and deserve the best. Believe and be grateful for the gifts of life you’ve been given. Be ready to receive the good things you are praying for. After taking care of yourself then help others in need.
All the best,

Priscilla

P.S. The perfect book for the Quinceanera and her family to learn more about building self-confidence is my book- Quinceanera Connection… It’s filled with the tips and examples on how to reinforce and build your own self-confidence.