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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February 2018

knitting is cool!
How to rock the granny chic trend! Styling a hand-knitted cardigan
February 25, 2018
I don’t know whether you’ve noticed it, but I’ve spotted lots of people lately wearing jumpers and cardigans that look like their granny knitted it. They probably didn’t, because these people are probably young enough that their grannies are still in full time work and far too busy to be sitting by the fire and knitting. However, I was lucky enough to have a Nan who knitted and was proud to wear my royal blue school cardigans with massive sleeves that no-one else had. (At least I was until I was ten.) Maybe that’s what sparked my love of wearing things just a little bit different to everyone else. (Damn – I wish I’d thought of that argument when I was a teenager “Well if you didn’t want me to wear 1960’s mini nightdresses with Doc Martins, maybe you should’ve just bought me a Woodlands school cardigan with the logo on it like everyone else had!” sort of thing)….
A capsule wardrobe
Is a capsule wardrobe the right way to go? I tried it for a month to find out.
February 13, 2018
There are several YouTubers and bloggers I follow who live by a capsule wardrobe. They don’t just live by it; they fully recommend it, citing how wonderful it is to know they can get out of bed in the morning and easily choose an outfit that will colour co-ordinate and work for them. I have been fascinated by this, but to be honest, I’ve always thought it wasn’t really for me, I mean, if you want to see the state of my wardrobe/dressing room, then take a look at the tour coming soon to my YouTube channel! However, for four weeks at the beginning of the year, I went to stay in America (accompanying Chris on a work trip) so I really didn’t have a choice as everything I wore for a month had to fit in my suitcase. I’m currently typing this on the plane coming home and I thought I would share how I got on with my experiment with a capsule wardrobe….
Review of the Rose and Crown in Dunton Green
Review of the Rose and Crown restaurant in Dunton Green, Sevenoaks, Kent
February 9, 2018
There is a fundamental problem about going to visit my parents, and that is that the dog has to sleep in our bedroom. If he doesn’t he ends up scratching the door or waking everyone up whining, so instead I suffer with the noise he makes while he sleeps. Imagine something like a cross between an elephant and a sea-lion snoring whilst dreaming of mating, and you’ve almost got the level of noise our beloved Loki makes at night. (And day for that matter. Whenever he’s asleep basically.) So I admit, I was in somewhat of a tired daze the day we went to the Rose and Crown pub restaurant in Dunton Green to celebrate Dad’s birthday. However, I do remember the essentials well enough to write a little review….
  • When I grow up I will probably still dress up in pretty raggedy dresses and velvet cloaks and pretend I’m in a fairytale. What would you wear for yours?
  • I’ll be writing my own fairytale today. #amwriting (Photo taken for @me_and_orla ‘s #15minutemagic photo challenge.)
  • Picture 1 or picture 2? Just posting places and things I love. I miss Cornwall a lot; I can’t wait till we can go back. Where are you looking forward to going to the most?
  • Some past-their-best daffodils, bay and eucalyptus from the garden. (Must tidy up my dusty bottles!) #nicethings inspired by @me_and_orla
  • The expression on my face when I’d planned on gardening but the farm spreads slurry so close it came into the garden . 😮😬😡😧
  • Merry Ostara! It may not feel like it, but nature is showing us that spring is on its way and there are reasons to be hopeful. 🌸 #springequinox
  • I’m struggling with the ‘This time last week’. So here’s another one of our handsome fellow.
  • In my mind and my mood it feels like winter, so here’s another one from our winter travels. It was a ‘stop the car by the side of the road’ photo somewhere in New York State.
  • I’m overwhelmed by everyone’s kind messages about Loki. Thank you so much, they are really appreciated. It’s going to take a long time to get used to him not being in the way all the time, or always there and happy to have a cuddle. 💔
  • Our hearts are broken. We’re going to miss our handsome little boy so much. He brought so much joy and love and fun into our lives and now he’s gone there’s a big gap in our family. Loki, our gorgeous Neapolitan Mastiff passed away yesterday. (Swipe to see more photos of our handsome fellow.) #neapolitanmastiff
  • It’s so difficult to photograph hellebores. Why do you think they’re always looking down? #lookingdown
  • A whisper of pines. 🌲
  • A song of pines. And precarious baby steps on the ice while locals are skating or drilling holes to fish!
  • The sun setting on our last day exploring New England. Felt weird because I was sad about that, but also looking forward to going home to old England!
  • Bare legs? Missing that wonderful central heating we had in the air bnb! #stillwriting
  • ‘If you get chance, please can you pull over so I can take a photo of that sky?’
  • The cold never bothered me anyway. (The lake was completely......)!
  • Lovely dead things.
  • Dam cold... (Made too many dam jokes whilst here.) What daft thing makes you chuckle?!
  • My luggage allowance goes on notebooks! What do you always travel with?

Linking with #iwillwearwhatilike at Not Dressed As Lamb.

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