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We Make Carpets is a Dutch collective who mixes traditional skills to make unusual carpets with a critical view of the consumer society. At first you see a beautifully crafted carpet, but with a closer look you discover surprising items like soldier figurines, band-aids, or plastic forks cleverly assembled to create colourful graphic patterns.
Seen on Plenty of Colour.
Le Marché Saint Pierre (also known as Dreyfus) is the place to visit if you are looking for all sorts of fabric and haberdashery in Paris. It is located in the very touristic area of Montmatre. I've just been today to buy some linen to make cushions and 3 meters of bright pink tulle to make a tutu for Ophelia!
Last saturday morning, the children and I went to see the Christmas window display at the Galeries Lafayettes and Printemps department stores in Paris. We got there early for them to have plenty of space to look at the puppet display. They loved it. The music, the bright colours, sparkles and of course the puppets dancing and ice-skating. It was such a pleasure to see their eyes wide open and amazed by it all. The gigantic Swarovski Christmas tree in the Galeries Lafayettes was for both of them the highlight of it all (Now they want the same at home!) It was all very enjoyable but I got a little annoyed that everything is now brand sponsored. Dior and Louis Vuitton were respectively in charge of Printemps and Galeries Lafayette window displays, as for the Christmas tree, well you could not miss the logo!
Have a wonderful weekend. We are going to Lille!
I had fun drawing and cutting little danish houses on a special rubber stamp pad I bought on my last trip to Japan. I'm just experimenting at the moment!
After spending my day in the ceramic studio I needed some fresh air so I cycled with a Velib to the Musée d'Art Moderne de la ville de Paris. It was soooo cold on the bike! I stopped for some time in front of the Portrait de Pierre Bonnard by Edouard Vuillard (painted in 1930). Stunning colours....
Enjoy your weekend!
We have a competition running on Facebook at the moment. We're giving away one of our splendid Scandinavian birch wood trays from the Morning in Manhattan collection. It really is a lovely tray (my favourite at the moment!) so do enter if you have the time.
All you need to do is 'like' Famille Summerbelle and then leave your email address.
Easy peasy.
Three is the magic number,
Yes it is, it's the magic number...
By French photographer Laurent Chehere. The Flying Houses series are on show until 8th December at the Galerie Paris-Beijing, 54 rue Vertbois, Paris 3ème.
It's another one of those wet Autumn days today. We started the day very slowly with that French staple of croissants and confiture!
On days like this we often pay a visit to Les Fermes de Gally. Gally is a farm on the edge of the Versailles estate and it's very close to where we live. It has a long history, having provided food for the Kings and then Napoleon.
Today it continues to produce an incredibly wide selection of fruits and vegetables, and the farm shop is a truly magnificent place to visit.
We rounded off the shopping with a short visit to the farm, petting the goats, donkeys and horses before heading home for a late lunch. Not such a bad day after all!
Aran Goyoaga, the food writer/stylist/photographer/blogger from Cannelle & Vanille has just launched a new book called Small Plates & Sweet Treats...it will be on my wish list this Christmas...
The Index Collection by Dutch design studio Raw Color is series of tea towels and blankets. The total collection consists of 3 different colour series. Each series follows the same process, from Monotone, through Duotone, to Multitone, with the first shade taking the lead and a new tone will be added in the following step.
