Nancy Wendt is the founder of the party planning company,
The Party Ville. And while her agenda is to party, she doesn’t limit her clientele
only to those with two feet. For her dog
Baillie’s 2nd Birthday, Nancy planned and hosted a dog party. Friends
of Baillie and their owners were invited, dog and human cake and refreshments
were served, handmade decorations for the ballerina theme added the perfect touch
of elegance, and a great time was had by all.
For the most part, people consider parties a human only
event, and never even consider partying with their pets. But in the USA and
Latin America, this mindset has already begun to change. Nancy has started her
company in Luxembourg, and hopes that over time the thought of having a dog
party will become second nature, like a housewarming party or a wedding.
Petopia was intrigued by such a creative and original idea, and thought that
sharing the experience with others could help jump-start the trend. After attending
Baillie’s 2nd Birthday, Petopia interviewed Nancy to learn more about
the source of her inspiration and her envisioned future for The Party Ville.
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| Handmade decorations added elegance to the dining setup for the dog owners |
When did you
start your company and what inspired you?
I started planning parties when I was 17 back in high
school and once I moved to Luxembourg I continued doing it while writing about
it at The Party Ville blog. However in 2016 after losing my full time job, I
decided to try to do the party planning as a business, and so far it’s looking
very promising. I now have a small team and each day we get more and more party
requests!
What inspired me to create The Party Ville was the
possibility to create moments of happiness with decorated theme parties, while
taking care of the environment. After planning and decorating parties for 5 years
in Luxembourg, I had collected a big amount of party supplies that I wouldn't
want to get rid of, so I decided to plan parties for other people and to reuse
as many party supplies as possible and replicate that feeling of happiness with
more people.
In your opinion,
what differentiates you the most from other event planning companies?
I think there are many things that differentiate The
Party Ville from other event planning companies, one of them is, for example,
that we own a large inventory of party supplies available for rent so there is
less waste and we can reuse the things allowing our prices to be very
attractive.
Another fact that differentiates us is that we love to
create things on our own, we do a lot of crafting and handmade decorations,
which gives us flexibility to adapt to each client's needs and create original
parties. Click here to see Circus Party photos
Finally at The Party Ville we use as much Eco-friendly
materials as possible such as bamboo, wood, paper, etc. For us it is important
to take care of our environment, so we choose carefully our products to offer
the best quality to our clients. And as we want to share our favorite party
products with as many people as possible, we decided to open a party shop in
Luxembourg city from February 2017!
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| Refreshments and party favors for people and dogs |
How did you come
up with the idea of including “dog parties” into your business?
Well it just came from a personal need, after getting
our dog Baillie, we started to meet a lot of dog owners and our dog made a lot
of dog friends. My husband and I made a lot of new dog owners friends and we
thought it was a good idea to celebrate our dog's first birthday with them,
after all The Party Ville, it's all about celebrating important moments in
life in a creative way, so we thought if we can customize parties for kids and
adults, why not also customize parties for dogs? 
What other types
of events do you plan and which type is your most popular?
We do practically all types of events from weddings,
adults parties, baby showers, kids parties, company parties, baptisms, to dog
parties. I guess when it is about celebrating special moments there is no
limit, as long as we can use our creativity to create a memorable party. So far
the theme parties have been the most popular, as it leaves us room to decorate
and transform a place into the desired theme.
What do you enjoy
most about party planning?
I love many things about party planning, I guess this is
why I have been doing it for over 10 years. But if I could choose the top 2
things I love the most, I would say that one of them is the feeling of creating
something from scratch while making a wish come true, transforming an empty
room into a theme, it could be a circus, a winter wonderland, a tropical
paradise, etc. The second thing I love the most is to be able to make people
happy, to transform their wishes into reality and put a smile on their face, I
love exceeding their expectations and creating a nice memory of an important
moment in their life.
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| The Beagle is looking to help Ifigenia eat her cupcake |
For the ballerina theme party for Baillie, I was
inspired first by the color of her pink nose, I knew I wanted something pink,
because it would match perfectly with her nose. I wanted to create first of all
a dog costume that would be both comfortable and pretty, so I had the idea of
creating a dog tutu, as I already had done some for little girls. From
there came the idea to do a ballerina dog party.
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| Baillie wearing her ballerina tutu |
Do you think that
dog parties are something that can become a trend or popular in Luxembourg?
Dog parties are getting more and more popular in the USA
and other Latin American countries, so I don't see why they wouldn't be popular
in Luxembourg as well. After all I think that Luxembourg is a very dog friendly
country and people seem to have money and time to take good care of their dogs,
it’s just that I think that they might never had thought of the idea of
celebrating their dog's birthday with a dog party. But if they have a small
community of dog owners and their dogs are friendly with other dogs I don't see
a reason why they shouldn't celebrate together!
How many dogs
were at Baillie’s 2nd birthday and the breeds?
At Baillie’s 2nd birthday party we had around
10 dogs that were all friendly with each other. We had a Golden Retriever, Pug,
French bulldog, Beagle, Bichon Frise, Shetland Sheepdog, two Belgian Tervuren shepherds,
and Baillie, who is a Border Collie.
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| Pug, Golden Retriever, Bichon Frise, Beagle, and Border Collie, Baillie |
What would you say
to people considering having a dog party in the future?
I would tell them go for it, it is so much fun and if
your dog is so special for you why not celebrate together? Just gather your dog
lover friends and have some fun!
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| Dog biscuits were given away as party favors |
What was the type
of dog cake that you served?
For this year's dog party we created a water based ice
dog cake and the dogs loved it. The idea came after seeing how much Baillie
loved ice pops.
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| Cupcakes and meringue drops were prepared for the dog owners |
What other dog
parties have you planned in the past and what were the themes?
Another dog birthday party I planned was in red and blue
with the theme of paws, it was very similar as the dogs could be together
playing with each other, however, all the decorations were made with dog paws
which I thought was very cute. Click here to see pictures from Baillie's 1st Birthday party
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| Invitations were sent out for Baillie's 1st Birthday party |
What is your
favorite type of party to plan and why?
I don't really have a favorite type of party to plan, as
long as it is a theme party. Theme parties are so nice because we can really
work on a concept and create something special that would bring a lot of
happiness and nice memories. Click to see more pictures from Baillie's 2nd Ballerina Birthday party
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