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Kingly Court
I’ve been spending lots of time around Carnaby in central London lately – not that I’m complaining! It’s a lovely, inspiring place to shop, work and chill out. Whether taking snaps for a job, filming for a personal project or meeting up with friends, it’s to the cute tucked away Kingly Court that I’ve been heading. If you haven’t been – you must because I know you’ll love it! There aren’t many places in London where there are hubs of truly indie and creative shops where you can have tea, make a hat, have a massage, buy baby clothes, an accessory for yourself and ensure it’s all handmade, customised or Made in Britain.
But in Kingly, exploring and discovering these places is all part of the fun! That’s what me, Daniela and Sherin did the other day. We delved into Atelier Millinery on the first balcony over-looking the courtyard where the wonderfully friendly Milliners eagerly told us about some brilliant workshops they hold. Eyeing up cute birdcage bow headbands and fascinators, I’m very tempted to go and make the head accessory I’ve always wanted! From reading their leaflet, they offer 8 different courses starting from just £50 – isn’t it brilliant that shops give you the chance to say “Oh this? I made it!”
Camellia’s TeaHouse
Naturally, after all that fun hat-trying-on, we neeeeded tea! So up we went again to the top floor to the newly extended Camellia’s Teahouse which I love visiting when I want to get away. It’s so calming in there and I absolutely LOVE smelling the ‘Tea Wall’ and chatting to the super-friendly Lubna, a qualified Homeopath who started the tearoom from her love of mixing medicinal tealeaves together. Today, she still has her various blends mixed in the UK. Try the deliciously moist carrot cake and Turkish Apple Tea- too good!
![Remember, remember, the fifth of November. Bonfire, tractors and pork. (Well, that’s my version anyway). 🔥🧔🏻🧨🥁🍻🕯👩🏻🌾🚜🍂🌿🐖 Bonfire night is a big deal where I’m from, so each year I get on the train back to my village to join the villagers in their 160-year old celebrations. Here’s the deal:
1 - They prep months ahead. Doreen here goes around picking up everyone’s garden waste which the ‘bonfire boys’ then craft into the famous Christmas pudding-shaped heap. 🚜🍂🌿
2 - There’s the ‘guy’, a huge chicken wire and papier maché sculpture which gets paraded around the whole village flanked by a band and followed by hundreds of people carrying flaming torches. (See it in my story!) At the end he gets hoisted up to the top to see his fate and those who still have flames burning get to light the fire with their torches. 🔥🔥🧔🏻🔥🔥 3 - The fireworks are always fantastic and use the same technology as the London NYE ones.🧨
4 - My favourite new tradition is the hog roast. The village butchers spit roast a local pig all day then auction it off at night. It’s all about strategy and trying to get a cut for under £35. 🐖💪🏼 See it all in my story. Do you go to bonfire night? Do you have any crazy local traditions? [#bonfirenight#fireworksnight#fifthnovember#guyfalkes#weekendscollected]](http://scontent-frt3-2.cdninstagram.com/vp/6be582cc4bf08e4b5dedc9f612a5ca76/5E66178B/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/c0.180.1440.1440a/s640x640/73301845_523961781791234_3926435289017903775_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-frt3-2.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=102 "Remember, remember, the fifth of November. Bonfire, tractors and pork. (Well, that’s my version anyway). 🔥🧔🏻🧨🥁🍻🕯👩🏻🌾🚜🍂🌿🐖 Bonfire night is a big deal where I’m from, so each year I get on the train back to my village to join the villagers in their 160-year old celebrations. Here’s the deal:
1 - They prep months ahead. Doreen here goes around picking up everyone’s garden waste which the ‘bonfire boys’ then craft into the famous Christmas pudding-shaped heap. 🚜🍂🌿
2 - There’s the ‘guy’, a huge chicken wire and papier maché sculpture which gets paraded around the whole village flanked by a band and followed by hundreds of people carrying flaming torches. (See it in my story!) At the end he gets hoisted up to the top to see his fate and those who still have flames burning get to light the fire with their torches. 🔥🔥🧔🏻🔥🔥 3 - The fireworks are always fantastic and use the same technology as the London NYE ones.🧨
4 - My favourite new tradition is the hog roast. The village butchers spit roast a local pig all day then auction it off at night. It’s all about strategy and trying to get a cut for under £35. 🐖💪🏼 See it all in my story. Do you go to bonfire night? Do you have any crazy local traditions? [#bonfirenight#fireworksnight#fifthnovember#guyfalkes#weekendscollected]")
![In the same camp as going to the gym at 7am 🏋🏻♀️ and doing a 10-step skin care routine before breakfast, I am not a ‘pre-work’ person. 🙅🏻♀️ Never understood it. More energy? How about sleeping? 😴 I am the girl who does her make up on the tube and wakes up 15 mins before she leaves the house. 💁🏻♀️ It’s safe to say I have never shot an Instagram post before pulling out my Boden pass. But this morning, @sarahlouisebrand got me up, out, snapping and posing before my first cuppa. Somehow I’m still awake at 8pm and I do feel a sense of achievement 💪🏼. I might not be doing this every Wednesday (soz Sarah), but maybe I’ll set my alarm 15 mins early tomorrow... ⏰ [#Bodenbyme#stschecks#stsspots#powersuit#discoverunder20k#gramminginlondon#upandautumn#lifelivedbeautifully#currentlywearing#womenwithstyle]](http://scontent-frt3-2.cdninstagram.com/vp/78cabc381a81d7638643451f3e419920/5E66978C/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/c0.179.1440.1440a/s640x640/73201510_3035153126513928_7449786390245986761_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-frt3-2.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=100 "In the same camp as going to the gym at 7am 🏋🏻♀️ and doing a 10-step skin care routine before breakfast, I am not a ‘pre-work’ person. 🙅🏻♀️ Never understood it. More energy? How about sleeping? 😴 I am the girl who does her make up on the tube and wakes up 15 mins before she leaves the house. 💁🏻♀️ It’s safe to say I have never shot an Instagram post before pulling out my Boden pass. But this morning, @sarahlouisebrand got me up, out, snapping and posing before my first cuppa. Somehow I’m still awake at 8pm and I do feel a sense of achievement 💪🏼. I might not be doing this every Wednesday (soz Sarah), but maybe I’ll set my alarm 15 mins early tomorrow... ⏰ [#Bodenbyme#stschecks#stsspots#powersuit#discoverunder20k#gramminginlondon#upandautumn#lifelivedbeautifully#currentlywearing#womenwithstyle]")
![Up until this Sunday I was close to unfollowing anyone on my feed who pronounced that October was their favourite month or that they ‘couldn’t wait for this time of year’. 🤯🤬 Quite frankly, it was crap. When I took this photo, I was literally living in a cloud. ☁️☁️☁️ If I wasn’t in a colourful office all day I literally don’t think I’d be able to so much as make myself a cup of tea in this depressing climate. But then that crisp sunny Sunday came around and I thought that I might at least be able to tolerate it. 😒 If I make a special effort to keep the colourful styling up, I might just make it through! If you’re an Autumn lover, please can you help me enjoy this time of year? 🍂🍁 [Look shot for @britstitchuk but I liked it so I posted it 💁🏻♀️ #upandautumn#stscolourblocking#stsspots]](http://scontent-frt3-2.cdninstagram.com/vp/0e17c81ca2c905ce4cb7fd04c5c0735b/5E8C9C15/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/c0.179.1440.1440a/s640x640/71555196_176422713481079_5927395549415788229_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-frt3-2.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=111 "Up until this Sunday I was close to unfollowing anyone on my feed who pronounced that October was their favourite month or that they ‘couldn’t wait for this time of year’. 🤯🤬 Quite frankly, it was crap. When I took this photo, I was literally living in a cloud. ☁️☁️☁️ If I wasn’t in a colourful office all day I literally don’t think I’d be able to so much as make myself a cup of tea in this depressing climate. But then that crisp sunny Sunday came around and I thought that I might at least be able to tolerate it. 😒 If I make a special effort to keep the colourful styling up, I might just make it through! If you’re an Autumn lover, please can you help me enjoy this time of year? 🍂🍁 [Look shot for @britstitchuk but I liked it so I posted it 💁🏻♀️ #upandautumn#stscolourblocking#stsspots]")
![🎞 Shawn the sheep, here I come! 🐑 (it was blaaaaa-ddy brilliant FYI 🚀) Anyone else a massive sucker for ‘kids films’? Give me a Friday night in and I will classically answer my boyfriends question of what I want to watch with ‘an animated comedy?’ I.e something easy on my brain with bright colours... 😅 Next on my list? Frozen 2 and Onward🦄 OH, and I discovered last night that I’ve still never seen Milan 🤦🏻♀️ Any other recommendations for my simple mind? [#everyman#muswellhill#howihue#stsflorals#weekendscollected]](http://scontent-frt3-2.cdninstagram.com/vp/0fec4f9a103db0b64c32dc44daea3d77/5E4C7ADA/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/c0.179.1440.1440a/s640x640/75491393_162093114857122_3630823834362028649_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-frt3-2.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=110 "🎞 Shawn the sheep, here I come! 🐑 (it was blaaaaa-ddy brilliant FYI 🚀) Anyone else a massive sucker for ‘kids films’? Give me a Friday night in and I will classically answer my boyfriends question of what I want to watch with ‘an animated comedy?’ I.e something easy on my brain with bright colours... 😅 Next on my list? Frozen 2 and Onward🦄 OH, and I discovered last night that I’ve still never seen Milan 🤦🏻♀️ Any other recommendations for my simple mind? [#everyman#muswellhill#howihue#stsflorals#weekendscollected]")
![Yes, that’s an Yves Saint Laurent poster in my bag 😏 You can’t go to the museum without picking up one of Yves’ prints, it’s the rules. I remember going 6 years ago and fell completely in love with his colourful collages (which he made annually to wish his friends a happy New Year). I never managed to get my hands on my own one though. This time, 1984 is coming home with me! 🖼 [#visitmarrakech#colorlikecovey#marrakech#exploremore#stsbrights]](http://scontent-frt3-2.cdninstagram.com/vp/2343eaff520a6bc404b66c30e0a86f5d/5E5A59BD/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/c0.180.1440.1440a/s640x640/71530416_175099910336530_4704810264684763804_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-frt3-2.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=110 "Yes, that’s an Yves Saint Laurent poster in my bag 😏 You can’t go to the museum without picking up one of Yves’ prints, it’s the rules. I remember going 6 years ago and fell completely in love with his colourful collages (which he made annually to wish his friends a happy New Year). I never managed to get my hands on my own one though. This time, 1984 is coming home with me! 🖼 [#visitmarrakech#colorlikecovey#marrakech#exploremore#stsbrights]")
![[gifted items] I suck at holidays. 📒 I spent more time snapping content than reading the content in this damn book. I didn’t do too badly on this trip though. Miraculously I managed to spend a whole half day by the pool! 💦 (Granted there was some Pilates and a massage happened) but otherwise, nada! Anyone find it real tricky to actually do that relaxing thing? 🙅🏻♀️
In other news, this cossie is part of @boden_clothing (the brand I work for) new sustainable swimwear capsule. 👙 I’m really chuffed to see this range grow next year as their swimwear is really high quality and even better when made with recycled plastic. [#liveconsciously#sustainablefashion#consciousfashion#stscolourblocking]](http://scontent-frt3-2.cdninstagram.com/vp/16b8df7370ce5324a3ec06202482e558/5E55E87F/t51.2885-15/sh0.08/e35/c0.180.1440.1440a/s640x640/73387355_404286310244100_3152829131669429200_n.jpg?_nc_ht=scontent-frt3-2.cdninstagram.com&_nc_cat=100 "[gifted items] I suck at holidays. 📒 I spent more time snapping content than reading the content in this damn book. I didn’t do too badly on this trip though. Miraculously I managed to spend a whole half day by the pool! 💦 (Granted there was some Pilates and a massage happened) but otherwise, nada! Anyone find it real tricky to actually do that relaxing thing? 🙅🏻♀️
In other news, this cossie is part of @boden_clothing (the brand I work for) new sustainable swimwear capsule. 👙 I’m really chuffed to see this range grow next year as their swimwear is really high quality and even better when made with recycled plastic. [#liveconsciously#sustainablefashion#consciousfashion#stscolourblocking]")
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>There needs to be cuter teashops where I live! Envious of all the exciting places you get to go to to have tea and cake!! XX
>Some beautiful photos here. I'd love to try my hand at hat making! x
>Yumm carrot cake is my favourite! I need to get myself down to London and experience all these amazing teashops you go to!
Rachelle x
inspiredbytheretired.blogspot.com
>I had so much fun on Thursday. I love Kingly Court, and was obsessed with the hats at Atelier's.
>Ohh, a hat making course truly sounds like the best thing ever! <3
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Lost in the Haze: Fashion Blog
>I love Kingly Court. I really like mooching around in the Style Showroom. I've always wanted to pop into Camellia's Tea House, their range of teas looks lovely and the china looks adorable too. Looks like you girls had a lovely time!
>The workshops sound like so much fun! I'm a major headband kind of person, and I would practically live there! Great pictures by the way <3