When I Grow Up
est. 2004
A Style and Creative Living blog by Helen Hobden
I still haven’t worked out who I want to be or what I want to do when I grow up, so on this blog please join me while I try and work it out while keeping child-like creativity alive!  Find home and fashion inspiration; travel and days out; photography, writing and more. Have fun looking around 🙂

 

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Van conversion update - putting in the floor, wiring & insulation
October 18, 2019
Sorry it's been a while; here's our latest camper van conversion video - in this one we put in the plywood floor; do all the wiring and most of the insulation on the walls Please subscribe for more videos and share with your friends. :) Please consider supporting me by making your fairytale clothing purchases here: etsy.com/shop/threadsofafairytale and your handmade gifts here: etsy.com/shop/byHelenHobden Keep in touch! (Links about me and my blog:) Blog: www.whenIgrowupblog.com e-mail: helen@whenIgrowupblog.com instagram.com/HelenHobden twitter.com/HelenHobden www.facebook.com/whenIgrowupblog Links about my clothing business: Shop: www.etsy.com/shop/threadsofafairytale Website: www.ThreadsOfAFairytale.com E-mail: helen@threadsofafairytale.com www.instagram.com/threadsofafairytale www.facebook.com/ThreadsOfAFairytale Rain's channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Rainiepie Jude's channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/starstone11
New Forest Fairy Festival 2019 - the realities of having a stall!
October 1, 2019
My vlog of having a clothing stall at the New Forest Fairy Festival this year. I was too busy to talk much on the Sunday, so to read more about my thoughts and how the festival went, please take a look at my blog post: https://bit.ly/2mwQXMh Here's my vlog of the festival from 2017: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-c-eAdCfmNY&t=623s and 2016: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxJjbr7iInE&t=368s and 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WvhVGwnitqA Please subscribe for more videos and share with your friends. :) Please consider supporting me by making your fairytale clothing purchases here: etsy.com/shop/threadsofafairytale and your handmade gifts here: etsy.com/shop/byHelenHobden Keep in touch! (Links about me and my blog:) Blog: www.whenIgrowupblog.com e-mail: helen@whenIgrowupblog.com instagram.com/HelenHobden twitter.com/HelenHobden www.facebook.com/whenIgrowupblog Links about my clothing business: Shop: www.etsy.com/shop/threadsofafairytale Website: www.ThreadsOfAFairytale.com E-mail: helen@threadsofafairytale.com www.instagram.com/threadsofafairytale www.facebook.com/ThreadsOfAFairytale Rain's channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Rainiepie Jude's channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/starstone11
How to prepare a festival clothing stall
September 26, 2019
A vlog of preparing and getting everything ready for my Threads of a Fairytale clothing stall for the New Forest Fairy Festival. Please subscribe for more videos :) Keep in touch! (Links about me and my blog:) Blog: www.whenIgrowupblog.com e-mail: helen@whenIgrowupblog.com instagram.com/HelenHobden twitter.com/HelenHobden www.facebook.com/whenIgrowupblog Links about my clothing business: Shop: www.etsy.com/shop/threadsofafairytale Website: www.ThreadsOfAFairytale.com E-mail: helen@threadsofafairytale.com www.instagram.com/threadsofafairytale www.facebook.com/ThreadsOfAFairytale Rain's channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Rainiepie Jude's channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/starstone11
Visiting Godrevy beach, Cornwall
Visiting Godrevy Beach, Cornwall – the story and the photographs
September 30, 2019
Continuing the braless theme of my recent fashion post; I didn’t even have time to put one on on the Saturday morning we visited Godrevy beach. As we approached the National Trust hut at the carpark entrance, I covered my chest with one arm, and hung the other out the window to flash my membership card at the volunteer. The bed at the back of the camper van was still out and it must have been obvious I hadn’t been awake long…
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Should I keep working for free? (Creative business advice)
September 11, 2019
Sometimes I am reminded why husbands can be a good idea to have around. I was telling him about how I’d got caught in the sales funnel of yet another Women In Business stream of emails. I’d clicked on one with a video called 5 ways to reclaim your time and how I had to watch it twice incase I blinked and missed the advice. It was just a video of pointless waffle of no practical help, but if I wanted more, I could naturally buy her course…
Making a boho fairy skirt; upcycling silk trousers
September 13, 2019
See more of this skirt at Threads of a Fairytale: https://etsy.me/2mf2WxE I upcycled a pair of purple silk trousers to begin making this fairy skirt with a tropical leaf print fabric and frills and ruffles added. Please subscribe for more videos :) Keep in touch! (Links about me and my blog:) Blog: www.whenIgrowupblog.com e-mail: helen@whenIgrowupblog.com instagram.com/HelenHobden twitter.com/HelenHobden www.facebook.com/whenIgrowupblog Links about my clothing business: Shop: www.etsy.com/shop/threadsofafairytale Website: www.ThreadsOfAFairytale.com E-mail: helen@threadsofafairytale.com www.instagram.com/threadsofafairytale www.facebook.com/ThreadsOfAFairytale Rain's channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Rainiepie Jude's channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/starstone11
Visiting the Tewkesbury Medieval Festival *Vlog*
September 4, 2019
We have a few days away in Gloucestershire and visit the Tewkesbury Medieval Festival. This vlog includes an air bnb tour and a haul of what I bought at the fair! Please subscribe for more videos :) Keep in touch! (Links about me and my blog:) Blog: www.whenIgrowupblog.com e-mail: helen@whenIgrowupblog.com instagram.com/HelenHobden twitter.com/HelenHobden www.facebook.com/whenIgrowupblog Links about my clothing business: Shop: www.etsy.com/shop/threadsofafairytale Website: www.ThreadsOfAFairytale.com E-mail: helen@threadsofafairytale.com www.instagram.com/threadsofafairytale www.facebook.com/ThreadsOfAFairytale Rain's channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Rainiepie Jude's channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/starstone11
Citroen Relay Camper Van conversion update - sound dampening & fibreglass
August 30, 2019
Our next stage in the Citroen Relay camper van conversion - this time we take out all the walls and ceiling interior panels; swap the double front seat for a single; give the inside of the van a good clean; stick on sound dampening and patch the holes with fibreglass. Please subscribe for more videos :) Keep in touch! (Links about me and my blog:) Blog: www.whenIgrowupblog.com e-mail: helen@whenIgrowupblog.com instagram.com/HelenHobden twitter.com/HelenHobden www.facebook.com/whenIgrowupblog Links about my clothing business: Shop: www.etsy.com/shop/threadsofafairytale Website: www.ThreadsOfAFairytale.com E-mail: helen@threadsofafairytale.com www.instagram.com/threadsofafairytale www.facebook.com/ThreadsOfAFairytale Rain's channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/Rainiepie Jude's channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/starstone11
Older Posts
  • About 90 minutes before sunrise. The night-time lamps are still lit; a couple of people sweep away tourist rubbish with old-fashioned brooms; someone who needs to catch an early flight rumbles past with their suitcase. And early photographers get all the space they want in St Mark’s Square! #venice
  • Happy Friday! Have a fun weekend! We took this photo a year ago during a whistlestop trip to Boston and we’re doing the same thing tomorrow! Hopefully we’ll find interesting places to explore again. #autumnvibes #ootd
  • Can you see the second bee? #sunflowers
  • It’s me with a hat on! I just can’t get used to hats - I pretty much only wear them for Instagram! How about you? Are you a hat wearer? #ootd
  • Ok, time to start introducing pumpkins into my feed I feel! #pumpkin #upandautumn
  • Happy Monday! It’s sunny today where I am; I hope it is for you too! I’m clinging onto summer for a bit longer and taking my summer dresses into autumn. New style post on the blog today (Link in bio).
  • Fortune tellers and magicians reside behind yellow curtains... (Reference to #jonathanstrangeandmrnorrell ) #venice
  • What happened to that crochet trend we were supposed to have then?! Have you been wearing crochet this year? #ootd New style post on the blog. (Link in bio)
  • So great that people are brave enough to share their stories for mental health awareness day. It’s an important reminder just to be kind to one another. 🙂 #mentalhealthawareness #worldmentalhealthday
  • Hoping for a weirdly warm November so we can fit in one more camper trip this year! #vanlife
  • Had to leave behind loads of blackberries ; I ran out of time to pick them but hopefully the birds will enjoy them! (Tea gifted)
  • You just know steps like these will lead to a magical place. #ootd
  • Thanks to Doc Martin, we now know how to pronounce Godrevy - for years we’ve been saying it wrong! #lovecornwall #docmartin
  • New outfit post on the blog today! Wish me luck; I’m off to a blogger event tomorrow and need to get over my abject shyness! #ootd
  • Still annoyed with Jude for going across the grand canal in a gondola without us! It just means we’ll have to go back again doesn’t it?! #venice
  • Barefoot days are over now, aren’t they really? #ootd #iwillwearwhatilike
  • Like how I’m introducing a red theme ready for autumn?! #coloursofautumn
  • One of the silk outfits I made in time for the New Forest Fairy Festival. If you’d like to see all the other preparations for my clothing stall please take a look at my YouTube channel. YouTube.com/helenhobden 🧚🏻‍♀️🌳@threadsofafairytale
  • What is the collective noun for photographers? An album? A memory? A setting? Anyway, they all turned up about half an hour before sunrise. 🌅 #Venice
  • It’s #hovishill ! New outfit post on the blog today featuring this 1980’s floral dress. (Link in bio) #ootd

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