Famille Summerbelle News

A cozy autumn afternoon in Amsterdam spent crafting with my son Lucien, painting squashes, making art, and turning a rainy Wednesday into a cherished memory.

Very Limited Edition of our iconic paper cut maps, these unique risograph prints in pop colours will brighten up your desk wall or your favourite room! I love risograph prints as they have a lovely grainy quality, each colour is added onto the paper layer by layer that makes each print totally unique. The following maps available are: La France,...

I wanted flowers that never fades so I made this cut out bouquet using Caran d'Ache Neocolor Wax Pastels. The flowers were then cut with a scalpel and I used a thin wire at the back to reinforce the paper stem. Have you ever made paper flowers?

Today is the first day of Spring, my favourite season so I am very happy! I wanted to share with you some paintings I recently made inspired by my love for colours and leaves of all sorts and sizes! I made a lot of sketches of the beautiful variety of leaves that you can replace on the island during our...

The other day Téo ask me to watch his favourite cartoon Paw Patrol on TV but as he saw his brother using paint he quickly changed his mind. He wanted to do the same and play with paint instead. Phew :-) I asked him which colours he wanted to use and we made a pretty palette with a mix of...

The children had a really nice idea to make a series of fish and a fishing rod as a fun little present for their little brother Téo for his 3rd birthday. We painted few cardboard sheets with a white primer before drawing the fish with chalk and pencils. We painted them all using acrylic paint. Once the fish were dry...

I am blown away by this serie of photographs by visual artist and architect Erin O'Keefe. Things As They Are were created by photographing various arrangement of every day materials such as plexiglas, sticks of wood and mirrors. Things As They Are

Let's celebrate Spring with our new PAPER DECORATION COLLECTION! They are perfect to liven up any party, or just bring a touch of colour to your room. Our paper decorations come in various sizes and colour. It includes: -Paper Honeycomb Sets -Paper Flowers -Paper PomPoms -Party Hats -Paper Banner We absolutely adore these cheerful paper party hats designed by our...

A beautiful grass plant that may just take over the world and save us from plastic! Bamboo is fast becoming the best possible choice for so many household products and today we’re very proudly introducing the first bamboo products to Famille Summerbelle. Bamboo Circus is a collection of bamboo tableware designed by Famille Summerbelle exclusively for our lovely friends at...

Adeline Klam is a French designer who is passionate about Japan, origami paper and bright colours. She has the most beautiful shop in Paris in the 11th arrondissement where she sells a variety of colourful Japanese papers, fabrics, stationeries and books and also offers workshops to make beautiful paper flowers like these: Make your own paper flowers kit.

Pink and yellow inspired by a painting of Willem de Kooning Rosy-Fingered Dawn at Louse Point, 1963 on display at the Stedelijk museum in Amsterdam. The touch of yellow reminded me of this photo featuring our Family Tree prints. It was photographed and styled by Emma Cassi.