Famille Summerbelle News

Following the success of the CIRCUS bamboo tableware collection, I am delighted to show you this latest WINTER tableware collection I designed for ENGEL. This beautiful collection includes a range of Large, Medium and Small size plates with 3 Winter scene paper cut illustrations, a beautiful range of colours, a large cake plate, candle boxes and an assortment of 12...

This Christmas we're introducing the Copenhagen map to our very limited edition of GOLD PAPER CUT MAPS! Also available: Paris, New York City, San Francisco, Amsterdam and London.

After long months in the making, I am very happy to share with you our latest map of Copenhagen! This map was a real pleasure to draw and cut. There is so much to feature in this stunning City! Few years ago we had an amazing time discovering Copenhagen with the children over a long week-end. There are so many...

I can't tell you how much I love taking these yearly birthday photos of Lucien and compare them to the previous years to see how much this big boy cute little face has changed over the years! Happy birthday, Joyeux anniversaire mon Lulu adoré!! Look Here when he turned 7, and here when he turned 5!

The Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven ended last Sunday. I wanted to share with you some of my highlights. Ophelia and I left early morning by train from Amsterdam to meet with my younger sister Charlotte in Eindhoven. Charlotte studied Product Design at the Design Academy, she knew the town very well and most ex-students exhibiting so we were very...

Yesterday Ophelia, Lucien and I decided to make collages from large sheets of paper that we painted before starting cutting. We painted about a dozen A3 size sheets of paper that were set to dry on our long kitchen balcony. The beautiful weather was perfect for the fast drying paint. We didn't really have a theme in mind, we just...

This was a drawing and painting session with my son Lucien. Little bro Téo fell asleep for his afternoon nap so Lucien and I decided to make the most of this quite time to do some creative stuffs before little tornado woke up. We set up the paint brushes, paint tubes, chalk and cardboard sheets out on the long kitchen...

It was unplanned. On Friday night Ophelia and I jumped on the Thalys for an express mother/daughter trip to Paris and also to see my friend Fumie from Paumes. A quick visit to the beautiful Sezane apartment with a white rose, drinks and madeleines as a welcoming gift! Le Cactus Club with colourful macramés: We loved our visit to the...

The Summer has gone too fast as always. We had a wonderful time spent with our family in the south of France. The 14 cousins played every day until dark, riding their vintage bikes in the old village. I love Summers in our family house. It's party time with all the siblings, parents, cousins, aunts, uncles and so on. Big...

It was few weeks ago, mid July. The sun was hot. Very hot. The sky deep blue. The 5 of us were strolling the streets, churches and palazzi of Roma with a big smile on our faces and our eyes wide open in wonder at so much beauty. Sant' Ignazio di Loyola. Mind blowing Baroque fresco ceiling made by Andrea...

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...

Drawing on wet sand... Climbing on top of WW2 bunkers... Looking at the horizon...

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

Looking at our book Be Creative With Famille Summerbelle reminds me of wonderful memories. It was a wonderful collaboration with the Japanese publisher Edition Paumes. We shot this book when we lived near Paris, we had a big house and a small garden opposite the train station. This book is like a family photo album telling the story of our...

On Wednesdays, Ophelia (10 years old) and Lucien (7) finish school at midday so I often plan creative activities to do together. Last Wednesday we decided prepare for Easter with a fun egg decorating afternoon. That same morning I went to the market with Téo (2) to buy a selection of branches to display on our kitchen table. To give...

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...

Designing masks with children is always so much fun and so easy to make. Just get some cardboard, paint, glue, feathers and beads and let your imagination do the rest. This time we got inspired by the masks we saw at the National Museum of Anthropology of Mexico City. We visited the museum back in November and were blown away...