Timeless events set with perfection
Des Moines & the surrounding areas
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Anna Catus
WEDDING PLANNER
Typically responds within 24h
Simply Set Events is a wedding coordination business based in Grimes, IA. Serving the Des Moines area, this company is dedicated to bringing your unique vision to life, handling all the intricate details so you have a stress-free and exciting lead-up to the big day.
Led by Anna, Simply Set Events ensures that every detail is carefully arranged and executed. Her passion for event planning is evident in her personalized and collaborative approach. With experience in floral design and event coordination, she works closely with couples to craft weddings that reflect their love stories.
Simply Set Events is committed to providing an unforgettable wedding experience filled with cherished memories. From vendor coordination to timeline management and design, Anna takes care of every aspect of the planning. Contact her today to ensure your special day is everything you've always dreamed of.
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Anna Catus
Wedding Planner
I’m the face behind Simply Set Events, based out of the Des Moines area! As a wedding + event planner, I know the depths of the wedding industry. My goal is to work alongside you every step of the way to help guide and support you as we bring your vision to wedding perfection.
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5.0
out of 5.08 reviews
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Couples say hiring the wedding planner was the best decision. She communicated clearly, brought their vision to life, coordinated vendors, and created a seamless timeline. She handled logistics, emergencies, and florals professionally, delivering a stress-free, beautifully executed wedding.Haylee B
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5.0
9/20/2024
Anna was so helpful when it came to wedding planning! She helped ease the nerves and ensured that everything worked smoothly on the day of. I remember trying to figure out the time...
line for our wedding and had absolutely no idea of how to make it work. Then Anna reviewed the timeline and worked a miracle. The day was perfect and the timeline worked extremely well! 100000% recommend going to Anna for any of your wedding planning needs!
Jessica O
5.0
3/20/2026
By far the best decision we made during our wedding planning process was hiring Anna as our wedding planner! She communicated clearly throughout the entire process and made sure sh...
e fully understood our vision from the start. She truly brought my Pinterest dream to life.
Anna made wedding planning feel effortless. She guided me through details I wouldn’t have even thought of on my own and ensured nothing was overlooked. Her connections with top vendors were invaluable—she coordinated with them directly, attended meetings with me, and created a seamless wedding timeline that kept everything running smoothly.
She was everything I could have hoped for in a wedding planner. Her creativity and eye for beauty really stood out. Her background in floristry was an added bonus, as she even helped design our bouquets and coordinating all of the wedding florals. Everything was beautifully arranged and perfectly matched our vision.
If you’re debating whether to invest in a wedding planner, this is your encouragement to do it! I highly recommend Anna!
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Heaven B
5.0
11/21/2025
Thanks to Anna, our wedding day was not only stunning but completely stress-free day of. We are so grateful for her talent, patience, and dedication. If you’re looking for a planne...
r who genuinely cares and delivers exceptional results, Anna with Simply Set Events is the one.
We can’t recommend her highly enough! 💛✨
Jaden A
5.0
10/30/2025
Anna was a blessing. As the groom, I never truly realized the amount of effort needed to pull off the day of our dreams, but Anna was ready! She was organized to a T and handled al...
l our hurdles very professionally while always ensuring we were taken care of. I couldn't imagine our wedding without her. I highly recommend Anna to coordinate your wedding. You only do it once, hopefully, so might as well do it right the first time.
Piper S
5.0
10/15/2025
Absolutely love Anna! After watching & being in my best friend’s wedding, I knew immediately that I wanted a wedding coordinator. Especially after I found out I was pregnant. Anna ...
was always there, answered all my questions immediately, picked up my wedding dress for me, helped decorate the venue, had amazing ideas when it came to planning or decorating, & even took care of a little drama that happened at the wedding without batting an eyelash. 10/10 recommend Anna to be your wedding coordinator!
Maggie A
5.0
6/18/2025
Anna was absolutely wonderful. Incredibly professional and there every step of the way. She was able to see problems as they happened and fix them immediately. My crown fell off du...
ring the first dance and she had bobbie pins ready to go the second it was over. We had a late RSVP and she took care of it without a second thought. I cannot recommend her enough. She is one of the nicest people I've met and wants your day to be spectacular. Thank you so much Anna. We had the best day of our lives and it was thanks to you!!
Kennedy L
5.0
5/15/2025
Anna, is so amazing to work with. She made our day run so smooth and made it so stress free (which is so important). She also offered a lot of advice on things that I was questioni...
ng which was amazing in this industry.
She is great at communicating and very responsive.
Receva G
5.0
10/07/2024
Anna is the best! She took the little time that we had to plan and ran with it! My wedding day was sooo beautiful and she was very professional! Whenever I started to worry, (as an...
y bride does on her day) Anna was on top of it! She took care of everything we needed and worked with our budget for decor, flowers, etc. She even made my bouquets herself! I’d hire Anna 100 times over!
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