Famille Summerbelle News

I have just returned from an amazing week in Tokyo where we celebrated the 11th anniversary of Famille Summerbelle with a colorful exhibition of new paper cut works, original watercolors and our city maps. It was an honor to celebrate our 11 years in Tokyo at Galerie Doux Dimanche since it is also 11 years that we have been collaborating...

11 years already! I never thought 11 years ago that I will go to Japan to make an exhibition to celebrate Famille Summerbelle 11 years in business! Tokyo was our first destination while Family Summerbelle was only 6 months old. We met there with Hisashi and Fumie, the founders of Editions Paumes and Galerie Doux Dimanche, with whom we have...

On 1st March we celebrated Téo's 4th birthday with his friends at home. I can't believe how time flies...These 4 years have gone so fast since our little Téo was born in Amsterdam! For the occasion I made a paper cut mural illustrating all the things Téo likes: helicopter, cars, PJ Mask characters, tulips to remind him of the Netherlands,...

SO HAPPY to hear the news that my paper cut map of Copenhagen has been shortlisted for the World Illustration Awards 2018!! The 200 shortlisted work (out of 3300 entries) will be exhibited at Somerset House in London during the month of June and a ceremony will take place on 7th at the same address to announce the winners! A...

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...

While the children were cutting their colourful flowers ( see previous post) I made a quick sketch of a bouquet and then cut it up! I've already asked my followers on IG, wondering if we should make this a Famille Summerbelle product? And if so which colour? Please leave me a comment as I'd love to hear your thoughts!

Make your own paper flowers bouquet with these Paper Flowers! They are so pretty to hang in your home to add touches of colours. The kids and I also decided to cut a bunch of flowers to make a bouquet as a Valentine's present. Isn't it always best to receive a hand made gift? Especially coming from your kids ;-)...

There is something so playful and pleasant about cutting paper and laying shapes to create many variations on the same theme. I made this little hands project 'Give me your hand' last week while my son Lucien was cutting some paper flowers next to me. Which one do you prefer?

Yesterday we celebrated Ophelia's 11th birthday with her girlfriends. She wanted her party to be around the theme of FLOWERS so we made some paper flower headbands inspired by Frida Kahlo famous flower crown. This crafty activity is very easy to make with children or for yourself (wouldn't it be lovely to wear at a Summer party or imagine little...

Wednesdays are a short day for the children so I try to plan some activities to make it fun for the kids. On our way home from school we collected a handful of flowers and leaves from the local park. We then decided to draw and paint them to make a leafy wall hanging for our upstairs landing. Lucien preferred...

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...

Ophelia loves to keep an incredible amount of small things in her bedroom such as cute little erasers, hair clips, pencils, make up, paint pots, pearls and threads (I used to do the same!). Now all those little things have found a home... Our House boxes are a great storage solution to hide in a fun and stylish way small...

Sorry for the wait...Our best selling paper cut map of London in black is back on our online shop!

Agenda planner and Colour block pens by Poketo. House shape block book end by Present & Correct. Colour block planner by Poketo. Geometric sets of cards by Present & Correct.

Imagine yourself cycling down the side of a canal on a crisp, sunny day, with the reflections of the picturesque architecture of the houses mirrored in the water. That image is the inspiration for our latest paper cut House Reflections. This is a laser cut created from an intricate original paper cut that i've designed and it's available on Famille...

Yesterday I received a copy of the Dutch magazine Flow on my desk. It was such a nice surprise. Do you know Flow? I only discovered it since we moved to Amsterdam. It's a creative magazine with beautiful illustrations, articles about designers and other creative people. It is also full of little paper products to tear and to keep such...

Aahhh the City by the Bay! It was just three years ago (almost to the day!) that we finished our three month voyage in this beautiful city. We really fell in love with the place and if we had to choose another place to live it would surely be here. My brother and his family live just outside of the...

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...

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...

This is what I'm working on at the moment...a lot of detailed paper cutting to create a quirky map of Paris... next it's London...:)