this past weekend i ran across some local organic kabocha squash (my favorite!) and some spaghetti squash, so i snatched them up and incorporated them into our meals this week. they’ve been so yummy! our favorite meal this week was possibly the flatbreads, the perfect light dinner for a warm spring night!

monday: vegan mac and cheese served with sauteed kale
tuesday: warm butternut squash toss with a salad and homemade bread*
wednesday: black bean butternut squash burritos*
thursday: spaghetti squash stir fry
friday: flatbreads with creamy red pepper scallion spread

*substituted my kabocha squash for the butternut squash, yum!

what was on your plate this week? any favorite recipes you’d like to share?

we follow a whole foods, plant based diet. the dinner ideas posts are a way for me to log our dinners, how we make eating this way easy, and hopefully inspire you to try some new things as well. they are always meat free, dairy free and often gluten free. you can follow the posts here, and i encourage you to share your favorite recipes with us as well!

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after taking a several month long hiatus from etsy (primarily due to our cross country move) i’m so happy to finally resurrect my etsy shop, sweet bonnie christine! it’s reopening has been inspired by the new roost tribe website and shop, and i’m happy to now offer many of the same items (plus some new ones!) on etsy as well. inside you’ll find lots of pretty clip art, blog graphics, patterns and repeating backgrounds, e-books, adobe illustrator tutorials, art prints, notecards and printables! head on over to sweet bonnie christine to see more. :)

pssst and don’t forget tribe members, you get 20% off anything in the shop! coupon can be found on the member’s welcome page.

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i’ve been wanting to try my hand at some block printing for quite some time now. this method from mariah over at sugar and charm uses hand carved stamps (something else i’ve been wanting to try), and the results are beautiful and rustic. i just love them so much, but i’m a sucker for this golden yellow color and just about anything that comes from the forest. mariah also teaches us how to hand dye vintage linens, like the pink one above. with this tutorial, you could stamp custom designs on paper goods, linens, onsies and more!

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this is my week told pictorially. if you’re new to point and shoot, you can catch up here! :)

first round of strike offs from the mill for my new fabric collection with art gallery fabrics!

a beautiful bike race.

my spot.

sweet beeb sunbathing.

yummy spinach spanakopita! i used this recipe with the triangle method.

beautiful key falls.

love, bonnie

do you have a favorite photo from your life this week? post a link to them in the comment section so we can see!

this post was made possible by the lovely iphone app, instagram. you can follow me here or find me by searching for @goinghometoroost. all photos by yours truly. :)

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hey friends! today i get to FINALLY share my BIG news with you, something i’ve been wanting to do since november (and teasing you along the way)! i am so (so so so so) excited to announce that i am art gallery fabrics newest designer! eeeee!

many of you know, being a fabric designer has been a dream of mine for many years, and i couldn’t be more excited that it’s finally coming true! most importantly, it’s with my most favorite company. art gallery fabrics is modern, fresh and fun. their cotton has a superior thread count and fine weave, which gives the fabric a super soft and luscious feel.
 

my first collection with art gallery is called reminisce. it was inspired by sunshiny days and simpler ways. it’s full of sweet summery hues and has a very vintage feel to it, and it will be coming to stores in june!

in celebration, we’ll be chatting about all things fabric, designing and blogging today on two different talkin’ tuesday twitter chat sessions! follow hashtag #talknt2 for our first chat from 1-3pm EST and #talknt for our second chat from 9-11pm EST tonight. you can come join in the conversation and ask us anything! for more info on talkin’ tuesdays, check out this post.

tips:

>> i use tweetchat.com to easily follow and participate with the chat sessions, check it out!

>> find me on twitter here: https://twitter.com/gohometoroost

>> be sure to include hashtag #talknt2 for the first session or @talknt for the 2nd session, otherwise we won’t see your tweets!

see you there!

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happy monday, friends! i am really (really really) excited to debut the new website and shop for the roost tribe! i’ve been putting in some serious hours on getting it all set up, and can’t believe it’s finally ready to share. woohoo! here’s an outline of what you can expect with the new site:

overall: it’s a one stop shop for all things roost tribe. all the information is now conveniently located in one place (rather than scattered across going home to roost) and it’s easy to find all the information you need. it’s a place where members can log in for helpful links and info, and a place where non members can go for information and to shop.

shop: the new site is also a shop! non-members can now browse most all of the content that gets sent out to the roost tribe and purchase the elements either individually or in monthly bundles. if you’re a member, you’ll already be getting everything that gets listed in the shop but if you’ve joined sometime after the launch of the roost tribe you’ll be able to purchase previous materials here (members get 20% off any previous content they’re purchasing). being a member is a much better deal, but i know some people may not be interested in joining the community, so you can now browse and purchases onesies and twosies all you like, without joining the roost tribe!

what’s included: the roost tribe has recently gotten a bit of a face-lift, with a few added and updated monthly materials and more community involvement with a book club, facebook group and pinterest community board. you can see all the updated info on this page.

info: now conveniently located in once place, you can read roost tribe testimonials, check out the FAQ and get caught up on the terms and conditions.

member login: members also now have a shiny new login page where they’ll find their welcome packet, member bonuses (downloads, links, badges, coupon codes etc), links and helpful info.

and that’s about it! hop on over to the new roost tribe website & shop to check it out. hope you have fun clicking around, just let me know if you have any questions! xo, bonnie

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these pure and earthy, vibrant fibers have been colored with natures own botanical dye- pomegranates. the recipe comes from folk fibers, where maura grace ambrose dyes all of her own fabrics and uses only natural materials in her beautiful quilts. she lives in austin, texas where she organically grows, harvests and forages for natural dyes around the area.  you can also grab the recipes for using osage oranges, onions (yellow & red) and wild mushrooms as natural dyes, each with breathtakingly beautiful results!

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friends, today i leave you with four videos that have inspired me deeply this week. they have given me so much inspiration and helped me refocus my energy on living simply. the urge to homestead overwhelms me, and my hope is to return to it soon. see you all on monday! love, bonnie

honey harvest featuring sarah and david

garden by tiger jar

visiting trelawney farm

the art of making bread

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