Famille Summerbelle

Chapeau!

You can customize your hat in 3 clicks on the online boutique La cerise sur le chapeau. Chose the style of hat then add the colours! Seen in One Day One Plan blog.

Wonderful felt

It's been raining hard outside since the beginning of the holidays but I am quite happy to stay cosy inside, drink a nice hot chocolate and look at my favorite blogs and Etsy.This is a selection of really imaginative felt products found on Etsy. I am amazed how much you can do with felt, from colourful pebbles to a Chinese take away and 80's tapes.


Colourful pebbles made using Australian merino wool from Reyaveltman.


Felt food. From top to bottom:
Fruit salad from Fairyfox, vegetables and Chinese take away from Buggabugs, cut fruit slices and mix plates from Umecrafts


80's tape pouch from BraveMoonman.


Numbers and letters from Evgie.


Flowers from Fixdesign.

XXL woolen rug

I really admire the work of Dutch artist Christine Meindertsma (the Pig 05049 project) She is a graduate from the Design Academy Eindhoven- I wonder where she gets this very thick wool to make this wonderful 'Aran Rug'.It's like a giant cardigan.

New year resolution

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

Dollhouse part 2

Thanks Melissa from Interior Divine for sending me the link of this beautiful dollhouse. It was designed by Caravane shop founder Emily Chalmer and wallpaper designer Deborah Bowness. I love the style and all the amazing little details. It gave me lots of ideas to design Ophelia's dollhouse...




You can find the article in January issue of Elle Deco UK.

Dollhouse

Ophelia would love to have a dollhouse for Christmas, so i have tried to look around to buy but then I thought that it would be so nice to make it instead. I found this photo in Fine little day blog. I love the simplicity of it as it leaves lots of imagination to play around with the accessories. Now I need the time to make something similar. That's the tricky bit right now :) I hope to get that precious time over the holidays when the Xmas rush is over and work slows down.


By the way if you have some ideas for a dollhouse, please let me know!

We're back!

We had a wonderful and sunny week in London.
Pulse trade show was a success so a big thank you to all the boutique shops for your interest in Famille Summerbelle and for placing orders!
Now we're back in Paris and I will be catching up with the blogging world. I've been so busy lately that I hardly had time to post on FS blog.
So before doing my top 5 designers showcasing at Pulse, here are some images of the talented Abigail Brown. The UK based artist creates fabulous creatures made in fabrics and lots more lovely things. Thanks to Emma Cassi and Madame Chacha for the link.

Felt letters

I love the colourful felt alphabet and numbers by Michima (found on Kenziepoo):

Dollhouse

I love this life-size dollhouse found via Design-Shimmer.
The artist Heather Benning transformed this farmhouse into this amazing dollhouse with a plexiglass back.

Rabbit outfit

One day i'll make one like that for Ophelia. At the moment she's into princess outfits...


Click here to get the pattern for making the rabbit hat paw mittens. As seen on purlbee.com

Birdies Mobile and other interesting things

More amazing things I found via Design*Sponge. It's an amazing birdie mobile made by Spool Sewings. The pattern is now available as a downloadable pdf in their sidebar. They also have really nice children's tops and dresses patterns and they sell lovely bright coloured fabrics to go with it.
No excuse for not using your sewing machine this Summer.

Home-made Zoo

a bit of colour...

Just to brighten this rainy day...

Starting from top left: Mosaic from Notre Dame de Fourviere in Lyon, boats in the Parc de la Tete d'or (Lyon), Butterfly from Amsterdam, mosaic from the same Parc, fairy lights in Ophelia's bedroom, felt flowers from our living room.

Photos of my wedding bouquet made out of a mix of silk fabrics and ribbons. Top picture: vintage brooch for hats. The pink pastel silk flower in the middle was made by Atelier Legeron. It is the most fabulous place located in a very old Parisian apartment. They make the most delicate and beautiful silk flowers for the most prestigious Maisons de Haute Couture: Chanel, Balmain, Yves Saint Laurent...You can bring them a photo of your favorite flower and they will make the replica in fabric. They dye the fabric to match the perfect colour. I highly recommend this place.

Customize by Paola Navone

I really like the way Paola Navone (great Italian interior guru!) transforms this old rusty garden chair into a unique piece. She found the chair in Paris Puces de Clignancourt, she added a piece of fluorescent yellow Altuglas at tied it to the chair with bright string from India.

The table was made out of old wood boards painted in grey and attached by red strings.

Make your own chandelier with plastic flower garlands!

For more info go to Marie Claire Maison website