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Bathroom renovation diary – stage two. The Wickes bathroom going in

I’ll be honest, I’d hoped to tell you about the whole thing in two parts, however the bathroom is still not finished – we’re a bit stuck on the decoration. In the mean time, I’ll fill you in what happened after stage one!…

Tewkesbury Medieval Festival

Visiting the Tewkesbury Medieval Festival, Gloucestershire

If there’s one thing as a family that unites us, it’s an interest in history. It may well stem from an old Sunday evening routine that consisted of a bath, a McDonalds, and watching Time Team while I nit combed their hair….

Glastonbury Festival 2019 review

Glastonbury Festival review 2019

Wow – it was a bit of a scorcher! I need to look it up to see if this was the hottest Glastonbury Festival ever, or whether that honour goes to our first one in 1995. I know in the past I’ve sometimes split up my Glastonbury review into sections like music, circus acts; overall impressions, and that sort-of thing, but I think this time I’ll do it diary-style and talk you through my whole time at the festival…

Tescos linen trousers

The perfect summer trousers – cropped linen trousers from F&F

I think I have actually found the perfect pair of summer trousers! They’re a beautiful soft linen, cut off at the right point, and have a good stripe!…

Glastonbury festival wedding dress

Making the Glastonbury Festival bag dress – version 2

Wishing Glastonbury Festival isn’t over, on the Monday afternoon when most people have gone home, the kids and I usually take a walk through the festival site. It’s sad to say that some people STILL aren’t taking any notice of the ‘Love the farm; leave no trace’ mantra, and during the years when we were given free tote bags on arrival, unfortunately many were left behind. Rather than let them go into landfill, from 2015 to 2017 I decided to pick up as many as I could carry to turn them into a festival dress…

camera choices for bloggers

Finding the perfect camera system for youtubers, vloggers, bloggers & photographers.

Are you a blogger, photographer and vlogger? The big camera question! Do you, or do you not carry two cameras around with you at all times? Are you struggling with choosing which camera you need? I love photography and want to take with me a decent dslr to shoot in raw with a choice of lenses and allow me to take creative photos for my personal enjoyment as well as for my blog. However, I also vlog most of my life for my YouTube channel, and need to carry a camera for that as well. Can we combine them both? What should we do?

Citroen Relay minibus van conversion to campervan intro

This is the first in a new series following Chris and me converting a Citroen Relay medium wheel base minibus van into a camper. I''m creating a new playlist for all these videos. Hope you enjoy watching our van build! 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

Glastonbury Festival 2019 vlog

It's my 2019 Glastonbury Festival vlog! Join me as my home village of Pilton suddenly expands to 200,000 people! I had an amazing time; I hope you enjoy watching :) Here's my full review on my blog: https://whenigrowupblog.com/2019/07/10/glastonbury-festival-review-2019/: 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

Camper van road trip around Devon - Dartmoor, Salcombe, Saltram, Killerton *Vlog*

A travel vlog of our first camper van trip of the season - we went to Dartmoor, Foggintor quarry; down to the the south coast of Devon to Salcombe, and visited National Trust properties Saltram and Killerton. Hope you enjoy coming with us! 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

floral wedding guest dress

My wedding guest 1950’s floral dress

I can totally understand why there is so much online content at the moment about wedding guest dresses and outfits – it is quite a difficult decision you know…..

VW campervan road trip

A camper van road trip around Devon

The last May bank holiday weekend was our first trip away in our VW camper van for the season, and as soon as we got back in it, we remembered all the things we meant to fix over the winter – including the sliding door! Anyway, we picked Devon as our road trip journey and destination and for three nights off we went exploring….

Visiting Salisbury Cathedral

Monthly Memoir – May 2019 Visits to Salisbury and Devon; book reviews + Glastonbury Festival prep

I have really had to restrain myself from beginning each of these Monthly Memoir posts from saying something along the lines of ‘I can’t believe we’re in *insert month here* already’ as I knew it would get repetitive. But seriously? We’re almost half way through the year now! Anyway, here’s a look back at May 2019…

F&F coral vintage dress

Styling a hanky-hem boho dress from F&F at Tesco

I have been spying some gorgeous clothing in Tescos lately, and I couldn’t resist this bohemian style hanky-hem dress with a ditsy floral and paisley print. It’s even (on the whole) in that Pantone colour of the year, living coral…

Styling a hippy maxi dress

Styling a hippy maxi dress

I bought this dress from a magic shop under the shadow of a pirate castle in Lanzarote when we were on holiday last year. By that I mean that it was one of those shops with a tiny front and a little plank door and you have to duck low to get inside. Then you find the shop is massive and goes back and back and back until it comes out onto another street entirely. Anyway, it was from there, but if you want to try and hunt it out out, the label says Elora…..

Visiting Salisbury Cathedral cloisters

Visiting Salisbury and Avebury in Wiltshire – the story of the photographs

A couple of weeks ago, when the weather was being kind to us, Chris and I went out for the day. It wasn’t as photography-centric as our days out usually are as I really wanted to see the city of Salisbury; and by that I mean I wasn’t whipping my clothes off every five minutes for a new outfit shoot, however this post still includes a fair amount of photos!…

Making a Glastonbury Festival dress from bags! Sustainable festival fashion!

To see photos or buy the Glastonbury Bag dress: https://etsy.me/31F8Yb5 In today's video I show how I made a festival dress from the free tote bags given out at Glastonbury Festival. It would make a unique festival wedding dress! 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

Homeware hauls! Homesense, The Range, vintage & charity shops. *Vlog*

In this vlog I attempt to go shopping for homeware at Homesense; have a big magazine declutter and sort-out; show you a lace haul, and buy other bits for the house from charity shops and vintage shops. And the cows are back! 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

Wardrobe declutter! Dressing room / closet sort-out part 1

My dressing room was in desperate need of a good sort-out, so here's part one, decluttering my shelving wardrobe - all my jumpers, cardigans, trousers, leggings, and all my 'round-the-house clothes'! 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