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This classic Famille Summerbelle WATERFRONT HOUSES illustration has been reimagined for this festive season! Inspired by Julie’s everyday experience cycling along Amsterdam’s canals, looking a the beautiful and iconic Amsterdam canal houses whose facades are punctuated with windows...

Last summer, I had the wonderful opportunity to spend a few days in Barcelona on a mother-daughter trip. Having visited the city years before, I already knew how enchanting it was, but this recent visit rekindled my love for it in new ways. Barcelona is a city best experienced on foot—every corner holds something magical. As you walk, the cityscape...

For the Easter Spring break we made a road trip from Amsterdam to Copenhagen with a stopover in Hamburg where we visited part of the famous port (it's huge!) and Miniatur Wunderland. Our youngest loved it! We had incredible weather the few days we spent in Copenhagen. Of course we rented bikes as it's the best way to explore this...

As the Olympic Games begin today in Tokyo, I am pleased to introduce you to this wonderful city through my cut-out illustrations! On my last trip to Tokyo I had in mind to design a map of it on my return. On the spot I made many sketches of people walking in the street like a group of school kids...

During this trip to Tokyo I was also lucky enough to be invited by the Kids Concept Store Bonton for the opening of their new shop in Takashimaya department store in Shinbuya. I made an installation of about sixty paper cut illustrations on the theme of their collection Little Italy that were displayed in 3 areas of the shop. I...

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...

It was my birthday treat during our week in Majorca. I really wanted to visit the Fundació Pilar i Juan Miró in Palma and it was really special: not only it was sunny, it was my birthday (42 eeek!), I was with my favourite people (my husband and my 3 kids) and in a place so inspiring and full of...

This year we decided to do something a bit different. We usually go to the mountains skiing for the Winter holidays but instead this year we decided to head further South to the island of Mallorca. We needed some sun and blue sky after weeks of clouds and cold weather here in Germany. It was our first time travelling to...

We arrived in l'île de Ré exhausted after busy weeks in June and July preparing our move to Germany, but so happy to finally switch off for a couple of weeks. We've planned nothing apart from going to the market, make jam, cycle around the island, draw and read book by the pool :-)

If you think of cement tiles, no doubt you'll have one of Popham Design image saved in your Pinterest board (like mine on Floors) or in your Inspiration folder. Every single interior mag has been featuring stunning homes decorated with the highly colourful and bold patterns of Caitlin and Samuel Down-Sandes, the owners of the brand. They have revolutionised cement...

It's never too late to wish you all a very Happy New Year! I would have liked to post this earlier but I was struck by the January blues and a bad cold on our return to Amsterdam! We travelled to the beautiful city of Marrakech after Christmas to escape the harsh Winter weather. It was 10 days of pure...

Like in any City it's a bit of a gamble to eat in a restaurant unless you have a recommendation or done some little research. Nomad was highly rated on many travel blogs. We went there twice for lunch during our stay. Both times we had an amazing time. Nomad is set atop the Place des Epices (see the post...

So, this is the last post of 2016. I thought it might be a good moment to share something I wanted to show you a little earlier but couldn't replace the right moment. Here's some images from a wonderful trip we took en famille at the end of October. We were invited to Mexico to celebrate the wedding of my...