Polymathic Mandy: Mardi Gras Party

In a fabulous display of her diverse skills, my sister gave her annual Mardi-gras party. I’d heard stories of this party and her bread making skills she employs for the king cake. It has to be kneaded and let rise twice, rolled into a ring, baked and decorated. I was rather happy at this picture of her mid-sprinkle:

I dressed her up in my purple 7th Sea LARP costume. She looked great in the purple…much better than me. I wore the blue one, which I think is the better of the two colors for me.

There were about a dozen people in attendance and we didn’t do much besides eat, drink and be merry. I took pictures, of course. So did Dylan, but he had to borrow my camera to do it…he forgot his.
Why is Mandy a polymath? Check out her kumihimo:

And her scrapbook pages: