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Planning a wedding is undoubtedly one of the most exciting times of your life. But let’s face it: it can also be one of the most expensive. The Black Hills area offers stunning venues and top-notch services, but costs can add up quickly. Therefore, you might be wondering how to save money by bundling wedding […]

Your wedding day is one of the most important days of your life, and you want to make sure that you have a beautiful and lasting memory of it. Hiring a wedding videographer is a great way to capture all of the special moments of your day, from the ceremony to the reception. But with […]

Weddings in South Dakota have a unique charm, encapsulated in the rolling prairies, the striking Black Hills, and the rich midwestern spirit. At Complete Weddings + Events, we specialize in capturing these moments through professional wedding photography near Rapid City and beyond. Our professional wedding photo and video editing styles – Natural, Dark and Moody, […]

  Weddings are becoming more and more complicated just as the wedding timelines expand to consume your whole day. Many newly engaged couples start living together long before the proposal. So the concept of  groom seeing the bride for the first time walking down the aisle is becoming archaic. Instead, many couples choose to have […]

Every year Complete Weddings + Events of the Black Hills performs professional wedding services for hundreds of brides around Western South Dakota. Our past real weddings continue to be our best inspiration for the future ones. We chose Briana and Calvin’s special day to be “Real wedding inspiration of 2022” for several reasons. Emerge in […]

The best wedding experiences of the 2022 season – highlighted by our brides. At the end of October, we wrapped up our biggest event season to date! Between the beginning of May to the end of October Complete Weddings + Events of the Black Hills performed 381 services for 160 brides! Our professional team performed […]

There’s nothing we want more than a successful, upbeat wedding reception, so we put together a wedding planning checklist in . This reception starter checklist will help you get things rolling with planning the party of the year! Start here to create a list of goals so you can pace yourself and have a perfectly […]

A new trend in 2020, which really exploded when quarantine boredom hit, is creating short videos on social media. Some of these videos are challenges, dances, lip syncs, pranks, and more! And, wedding-inspired videos have not been exempt! We’re seeing more and more wedding day viral videos featuring bridesmaids, groomsmen, and the bride or groom. […]

While 2020 gave us quite a few unexpected curveballs, many lucky couples were still blessed to be able to host the day of their dreams. 2020 weddings have come in all shapes and sizes, with varying regulations and adjustments to make these magical days quite a successful miracle. From micro weddings to massive ones (prior to […]

If you’ve never planned a wedding before, it can be difficult to know exactly where to rank the importance of each wedding day detail. And we get it, there are a TON of details and decisions to be made. From smaller details like the type of accent flowers in each bouquet and the vegetable you’ll […]