Famille Summerbelle News

Simon and I will be there for 5 days to celebrate our friend's wedding on 31st. Big party, no children (we can lay in the morning, yeah!), lots of friends to see, no plans (apart from shopping!), just relax... Photo by Joey Evans.

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...

This is Lucien as Santa little helper/little bear!

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

Beautiful. I love it. You can view it here and order a printed copy here but be quick as it's a limited edition. Still snowing very hard here in Paris. Haven't been out of the house for 3 days, the children have both got a big cold. Lucien doesn't sleep during the night. We haven't done the Christmas shopping yet...aaaahh...

Pour découvrir l'univers de Famille Summerbelle. Merci Etsy FR!

Yeah! it made my day. The Paris bag is part of the 2010 Gift Guides: for the francophile. Thanks Anne & Grace!

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...

I had so much fun doing this monthly and now yearly photo shoot with Lucien, but I have to say the latest one has been the most challenging...Lucien being a 1 year old active boy, he wouldn't sit still, he just wanted to eat the felt letters and throw them everywhere! I look forward to the years to come with...

We have enjoyed a relaxing week with the children for the half term holiday-Vacances de la Toussaint- In summary, everyday: Breakfast with croissants and pains au chocolat, work on the laptop in the morning while Ophelia paints and Lucien crawls everywhere. Lunch in the sun along the sea front and in the afternoon a long cycle ride... I hope you're...

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...

Thanks Florence for interviewing Ophelia and I on Pirouette's blog this morning!

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!

...and my studio as well! I need to clear it all up to start working on new ideas. Ophelia is now back at school and Lucien has a nanny 3 days a week so it will leave me time to think ahead and plan new products for Famille Summerbelle. It's nice to get some time for myself as well, clear...

The beautiful Papier Maché online mag has released a new issue. As always it's a pleasure to read and look at. I wanted to say a big MERCI to Emma Cassi for including our new coral pink Paris map in her photoshoot 'I fell asleep amongst the flowers.. for a couple of hours...' (love the title). This little blond curly...

Sadly it's the end of the holidays. We had a brilliant time in the South of France with all the family (about 25 of us!). It was very hot (over 35 degrees some days). Every year it's the same, we spend long hours around the table eating lovely food and drinking good wine from the area. The cousins are so...

I won't be posting much from now on until the beginning of September. We're off to the South West of France enjoying some sun (I hope) and family time with the children, grandparents and cousins. No internet connection for a week or so. For someone who is all year behind the laptop I think it's time to switch off a...