Colour Help - Little Boy's Ripple Blanket

Option A

 

Option B

HELP! I can't decide between these two colour palettes for a 3yr old boy.  His style is preppy and conservative (think Ralph Lauren).  The blanket is going to be based on this.   Which one do you think I should go with?

PS. It's for a nephew

On high rotation... Elbow, Florence & the Machine, The National

We're a bit behind with CD buying these days and the stereo doesn't get much of a flogging either but we're trying to make an effort to stay current.  In our house this weekend we're listening to a couple of new CD's - Florence and the Machine, Lungs & The National, High Violet.

Plus an old favourite, Elbow, The Seldom Seen Kid featuring a track from our wedding ceremony last year, One Day Like This.  Last night I got a pleasant surprise when I switched over to ABC2 at around 11.30pm and there was Elbow live at Abbey Road with the BBC Orchestra.  Gosh I would've loved to be in that room but have to make do with the new Limited Edition CD they are releasing (hint, hint hubby).

What's on high rotation in your house?

The Week in Pictures

Lunch with old friends; New Curtains; Sewing Disasters; Pony Rides; Good Coffee

My Creative Space

 

This is going to be my versatile wrap, the 3 main panels of the skirt in a funky Hawaiian print I bought from Spotlight for about $10-12 metre.  If I get some time this afternoon I am going to cut out the waistband and ties from the green spot fabric ($2 metre from my local Vietnamese fabric store).  I am going to make mine a bit longer and ditch the contrast hemline.

For more creative inspiration head over to Kirsty's.

What's Cooking Wednesday

I recently dug out Sydney Food by Bill Grainger to look up the recipe for ricotta hotcakes.  Flicking through I found this recipe and thought it would be a winner with the kids since their favourite food is pasta and they really love seafood.  I'm going to use tinned crab meat today, if I was being really decadent then I would use fresh crab BUT with three littlies who has the time to do all that for a weekday meal?!














Spaghettini with Crab, Lime and Chilli

Ingredients (serves 4)

300 g cooked crab meat
2 garlic cloves, crushed
1-2 small red chilli pepper, finely chopped
2  limes, juice and zest of
1  lemon, juice of
1/2 cup spring (green) onion, chopped
1/2 cup flat leaf parsley, chopped
2 teaspoons sea salt, to taste
Fresh ground black pepper, to taste
1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
500 g spaghettini

Combine the crab, garlic, chilli*, lime zest, lime and lemon juices, parsley, spring onions, salt and pepper in a large bowl.   Stir in olive oil to combine.  Taste to adjust the seasoning.

Bring a large pot of salted water to the boil. Add pasta, stir well and continue boiling, stirring occasionally, until it is al dente, according to the manufacturer's instructions. Drain well.

Toss pasta into crab mixture and serve in individual bowls.

*  Or leave as an accompaniment each person can then choose to add at the table