Hi, I'm Chauntel, the mom behind Kazoo.

About ten years ago I started my first party planning business, Lulu Fete (it means "beautiful party"). I loved it then and I love it now, just in a different way. Becoming a mom changed how I see all of it.

When I started planning my own son's birthdays, I hit the same wall most parents hit: what should feel exciting instead feels like a second job. Paper invites or digital? How many kids do I invite, and do the parents stay? What kind of favors? Will they just get tossed? How do I keep it all within budget? Getting inspo-blitzed with themes and ideas and then having to figure out how to actually pull it all off.

So I took my years in tech, building products and obsessing over how things feel to use, and built the thing I wished existed. Every venue and vendor is vetted by hand. No junk, no ads, no pay-to-play. Nothing ranks higher because someone paid more. What you see is what I actually think is worth your time.

Most of what we suggest doesn't come from party websites. It comes from noticing things: a studio I walked past, a farm I took my own kid to, a room that just felt right. My favorite birthdays growing up were at home, so we look there too. And we don't start from scratch every year. We remember what they loved, what fell flat, and what you swore you'd never do again, so next year begins where last year left off.