Really, the only point of this second post was to showcase more of these awesome flowers from Kelly Odom and talk more about the day and generally dish a bit about how great Ivy is. Seriously, that’s all.

Here’s what I didn’t tell you in the last post;  it rained!  Yes, rained.  Only for about ten minutes, and not enough to change plans, but enough to send the musicians packing up and have every phone in the place locked in on a radar web site.  Within minutes though, the rain stopped, the sun came out and the Umstead staff had every chair dried and ready for guests to be seated for the ceremony.

I was really digging the eclectic arrangements made by bundling several different flower types of the same color at differing heights.

It kind of goes without saying, but I’ll say it.  The food at the Umstead is very, very good.  The menu for this event offered a little something for everyone from seafood to Asian stir fry.

People really did get into the party and post booth.  It was hoppin’ all night long.

Here’s the full length of the cake by Gregory Bingham.

Ok, here’s something else you didn’t know unless you were there.  Brittany and her Dad can dance!  I mean like dancing with the stars level stuff.  When Brittany spins around, it’s not just a nice polite spin.  It’s a full force dress whipping double spin.  It was really fun to watch them have a great time on the dance floor.

You know when Ivy is involved, there will be some yummy surprises throughout the evening.  In this case, mini moon pies. Mmmm!

Oh, and did I mention the professional dancers from Elevate?  This one was getting the crowd warmed up with a Michael Jackson routine while others were dancing behind screens at the dj booth.