Famille Summerbelle

Happy Christmas

Thank you so much to all our blogger friends for supporting us in 2008 and for your lovely comments on our site. Famille Summerbelle will be a year old early 2009 and so far it's been an amazing experience that we have been so pleased to share with you.
We're flying back to the UK this weekend. This is the end of our World Tour :( but we are very excited to see our friends and family.
We've got lots planned for early next year, with new products and new designs inspired by our 3 months of travel.
Have a great holiday with your loved ones and see you very soon!

San Francisco

Sorry for not posting anything since we left Fiji. It took us a couple of days to recover from our long journey to the States (more than 25h trip between Fiji-New-Zealand and San Francisco!). It was so cold and rainy when we got here, the sort of weather we would expect to get back in London!
After few days trying to warm up walking up and down San Francisco's lovely streets (we fell in love with the architecture of the houses here), the sun came out to reveal even more the beauty of the place.
A 10mn drive out of the City and a great drive on the Golden Gate Bridge takes you in the middle of some amazing countryside and National Parks like the Muir Woods.
Everybody here is so welcoming. The atmosphere in the streets and the shops makes you feel very festive!

Fiji

We've just spent 6 days on a beautiful small island in Fiji. We did have internet access, but not much happened so we decided to give the computer a well earned rest for the trip.

Not much happened but it was wonderful. We sat on the beach, snorkeled in the sea, played with Ophelia by the pool and then relaxed in a hammock before dinner. Then, just for a change, we reversed it the next day.

On to San Francisco now....

'Learn For Fun' in Milk Magazine

A huge THANK YOU to the talented Emma Cassi who has been stlyling our "Learn For Fun' prints with lots of yummy Petit Lu in this month's Milk Magazine.

NZ paper cutting

I bought some origami paper in Japan which has the perfect thickness for cutting into. Here are some examples of paper cuts I created during our stay in New Zealand.
Tomorrow is our last day here... we are sad to leave this amazing country. We had such a wonderful time traveling in the campervan and spending some quality time with our family. Don't weep though, we're off to the Fiji Islands!

Our little photographer...

Julie takes a lot of photos (she can take credit for almost all of the photos on this blog).

Ophelia likes copying her maman (sizing herself in the mirror, dressing up, lipstick, make-up etc etc), and this is the best yet....we have ourselves an amateur photographer!

For the last week or so, the main source of our daily entertainment is Ophelia's photo journal. Every where we have been (restaurants, motels, beaches, museums) Ophelia snaps away. Here are some of our favourite examples: