Famille Summerbelle News

This is another fun side project I've been working on lately at my mum's ceramic studio in Paris. I have also made a series of little houses, mushrooms and a snail which I will show you very soon...Vive Noël!

This year we decided to make the decoration to go on the Christmas tree. The children and I started about a month ago to make stars from clay, it became our favourite activity of rainy Sundays! Ophelia helped to shape the stars and Lucien to paint them afterwards. We added a little bit of pink and glitter, just because we...

Last night while the children were asleep I was setting up their advent calendar I secretly made over the past few days. I got some little things like crayons, hair clips, Kinder chocolates, some Playmobiles toys and other silly things. I used a gold crepon paper to make the little houses and pinned them to the wall in the shape...

When Ophelia comes back from school she often comes to my studio and ask to do stuff with me (like drawing and making things). I had a dozen of Posca (water based paint markers. They are very easy to clean with window cleaner product) on my desk in front of me, and don't ask me why but I thought it...

Marika Giacinti is launching her eponymous pillow label from Paris. They are manufactured in a traditional French home linen factory. Each pillow is beautifully crafted with pompom, fringe and screen printed patterns. Her online shop will open around September/October time.

I wanted to get this little rabbit from Miko Design for a long time and now I've done it. I bought it this morning for Ophelia's 5th birthday in a few weeks time. I look forward to make it with her over the Summer and I think it will go nicely alongside Apoline à Paris Rabbit that is hanging in...

We'll go for lunch with friends on Saturday and a long bike ride on Sunday. What are you up to? Not really a safe way to carry a little baby but I'm sure he's loving it! Photo by Dominique Poiret. Seen on Liberation.

I'm making several paper garlands to decorate our stand at Pulse show in London next weekend. Come over to see our new products if you're around (sorry it's only for trade and press). I'll give one away after the show so check the blog!

I've wanted to make a mobile for a long time, but beating me to it, Ophelia decided that she wanted to create her first mobile for her little brother - to hang above his cot. So here's how we did it.. 1. First we painted the flat colours (of Ophelia's choice!) onto sheets of 270gms paper 2. Then we glued...

Installations by Confetti System. Perfect for the end of year festivity.

and enjoy the snow. We'll be decorating the Christmas tree this weekend. I bought it last night, it's lovely and big and it will be standing in the alcove between our kitchen and the living room. I love this photo seen on Milk blog. It's from the house of Imps & Elfs owner Fons Cohen. I really like the massive...

These elegant and robust canvas shopping bags are the latest addition to our range. We've produced three different designs, using our popular 'paper cut' maps of London, Paris and NYC. The bags are hand screen printed and made by Re-wrap in India. Re-wrap is a social enterprise of female workers in the South of India who use entirely sustainable methods...

A huge thank you to the Dutch magazine Ariadne at Home Kinderen for featuring our Paris map in their latest issue. When they contacted me before the Summer, they asked me if they could enlarged the Paris map into a wall sticker for the photo shoot. I really love the result!

I wanted to share with you the inspirational interior and the beautiful work of Rie Elise Larsen. I love the bright colours in the white interior. Her mobiles are so beautiful. Via Trend Bible

My latest map is now cut. It feels good to hold it up and see the finished product. It was my toughest challenge yet, to fit the entire world onto one sheet of paper - trying to keep a sense of scale, yet represent all that I love about each of the continents. I hope I got somewhere close.. There...

It's your little one birthday in few days and as always you're running out of time and ideas organise it...go to this brilliant website My Little Day and in few clicks it will be all sorted. Les super boites: a mix of funky boxes (pink, blue, pirate or white dots) with all you need for the party: plates, tumblers, napkins,...

I'll be more organized and tidy...:) Brilliant work by artist Michael Johansson as seen in IDtextile.