Complete Weddings + Events Des Moines
About This Vendor
It's Your Day, Party Like You
Based in Clive, IA, Complete Weddings + Events is a comprehensive event solutions business. As a one-stop-shop for weddings, celebrations, and other special occasions, this company offers premier photography packages. With couples’ stylistic preferences in mind, the in-house team works diligently to capture every meaningful moment at your event. Complete Weddings + Events is pleased to help couples create precious keepsakes across the greater Des Moines area. These creative professionals are happy to hold a conversation about what their services entail, and how they can be tailored to your event. Equipped with the right skills and attitudes, photographers from Complete Weddings + Events are ready for any occasion. Complete Weddings + Events offers clients an online photo gallery with a full print release and both color and exposure correction on each image. You will have the option to hire a second photographer for greater coverage of the event. After the images have been snapped, you can select your preferred options when printing them, or placing them in albums. Together with Complete Weddings + Events, you can capture your precious moments and timeless memories.
Details
Business Attributes
Woman-owned Business
Photo Shoot Types
Bridal Portraits, Day After Session, Engagement
Photo & Video
Digital Files, Drone, Photo, Printed Enlargements, Printed Proofs, Second Shooter Available, Social Media Sharing, Wedding Albums
Photo & Video Styles
Artistic, Classic, Documentary, Dramatic, Lifestyle, Modern, Vintage
Wedding Activities
Getting Engaged, Rehearsals & Parties, After Party, Wedding
Complete Weddings + Events Des Moines Reviews
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Complete Weddings + Events was wonderful to work with! They really made the pre-planning easy and both our DJ and photgrapher did a great job!
Response from the Vendor on 12/05/2022
Thank you Angie and congratulations again from all of us at Complete Weddings + Events :) Sue
Fantastic! We had Scott as our DJ. Drew and Lindsey/Trinity (I'm sorry I only caught her name once) as our photographers. All 3 of them....AMAZING. I couldn't have asked for 3 more understanding, helpful, or easy going people. They were always ...
checking on us to make sure we had everything we needed. There honestly isn't anything more we could have expected from this staff, they were the perfect choice. I'll be sure to review them on your website as well. Thank you for everything guys!
Response from the Vendor on 02/04/2022
Hey! It was so much fun working with you both. Truly was such an enjoyable day. Wishing you both the most wonderful marriage :)
- Scott
They set up a selfie station for us and it BY FAR was the most popular attraction towards the evening at our wedding. They even send you a recap photo album of your guests. It was well worth it!
Response from the Vendor on 11/05/2020
Tyler, Thank you for your thoughtful review!! It was a pleasure working with you and Carissa :) We wish you both all the very best together.
We loved having complete at our wedding. We found them at a wedding show in Des Moines and were able to get a great deal on their services. From the beginning they were very helpful, providing planning sheets and contact via email to help us...
plan how our wedding will go and to answer any questions. Getting closer to our day they gave us the names and contact information for our vendors and when I lost that information they were quick to send it to me again. We were able to chat with Quinton, our DJ, via Zoom a week before our day to iron out some details including the timing of the evening and the type of music we wanted (we have an odd taste in music and he was able to accommodate us without any issue, I walked down to Hamilton and Ryan Bingham was the artist for our first dance song). Emily was our photographer for the day. She was great! She coordinated really well with our private videographer and even accommodated some odd poses we requested. She made sure we had time to mingle with our guests as well as time for photos. During our dances I barely noticed her, but I could see her working hard on the sidelines. She really liked her. We also got the photo booth and up lighting. We were able to get the lighting in mint green, which was one of our wedding colors and it really put a nice polish on our decorations. The photo booth was definitely the biggest hit of the night. Andrea and Misty were super friendly and were even seen dancing when they weren't busy. We received a copy of all the photo strip in a book with notes from our guests, which was one of our favorite items from the night. The pictures were a blast to look through. Overall, will definitely recommend to all our friends.
We had Trevor for our videographer and he was really nice but he kept getting in the way of our photographer. Then he was completely missing from taking family photos and wedding party photos. I haven't seen the video yet but I don't the day of...
could have been better.
Response from the Vendor on 10/13/2020
Grace,
Thank you for your candid feedback and review. While Trevor says he was not told or aware that he was in the way of your photographer we deeply regret that she felt that way!! He did say he captured footage of family and wedding par...
ty group photos for the video in addition to the other important details and highlights of your day, and feels confident you will be pleased with the comprehensive content of the cinematic film. We can't wait to share the final product with you!
Sue ~
Owner, Complete Weddings + Events
Complete events did DJ, Lighting, and photo booth for us. They did amazing and our guests had a blast with the photo booth. Best part, they make you a book of all the photo booth photos that were taken! Great keep sake!
Response from the Vendor on 10/13/2020
Makayla,
Thank you so much for your 5 Star Review! We were so happy to be a part of your day and provide you with DJ, Up Lighting and an amazing Photo Booth experience! Congratulations & Best Wishes ~ Sue
Our videographer was absolutely AMAZING (Kelsey). She did a great job with our video and was getting the most precious moments of the night.
Our photographer also did a great job, but made us spend time outside on 110 degree weather. 😂
Our DJ...
had a couple issues which is why I rated this at a 4. I had my phone plugged into the aux cord half the night because he only had CD's to play from (which was not new music) and his Spotify wasn't working in the building we were in. This was slightly annoying considering the price we paid for Complete.
Response from the Vendor on 09/10/2019
Rachel, Thank you for your generous rating! We are so grateful to have been part of your celebration and so happy to hear you were so pleased Kelsey as well as your video and photo final products! I want you to know that I appreciate your c...
andor about your DJ's playlist / selection of music, and I want you to know that this has been addressed! All of our DJs have access withOUT wifii to an entire library of new music which is updated monthly and they should be using it. We wish you all the best with in the future and Thank You for choosing Complete!
Darcey did a great job keeping the dance floor going, as well as the music during our ceremony. Would recommend!
Contact Info for Complete Weddings + Events Des Moines
7500 University Avenue, Suite G, Clive, IA | Greater Des Moines and Surrounding Area
Meet the Team
Sue Bennett
Owner
I have been in the event industry over 14 years. I previously managed an event venue and later worked as the GM of Banquets for the convention center in Omaha, NE. I was looking to make a change but I wanted to stay in the Wedding & Event industry! The opportunity to become the owner of a Complete Weddings + Events franchise presented itself and I am thrilled to say I purchased the business in April of 2019 and moved to Des Moines, IA! I'm so excited to provide you with exceptional wedding & event services to make your special day AMAZING!!
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