Famille Summerbelle

Recycling a cardboard box into a birthday present!

I was surprised by this beautiful painted box by my children for my birthday! It was filled with fresh flowers, drawings and candles. Ophelia and Lucien painted it secretly in their bedroom adding adorable flowers and bees. I first got this box from the supermarket to carry the groceries and I love how they recycled it, transforming it into such a unique and pretty storage box. It's already in good use in my office!

Amsterdam icy canals

The Siberian freezing wave is now over and the temperatures are rising fast. It was -5 degrees two days ago and 13 degrees today in Amsterdam! I have to say I liked it when it was freezing cold as we had the most beautiful blue sky and the sun shinning every day which is rate at the time of year here. On Saturday Simon and I had a date night. It was too cold to cycle so instead we walked to the canal rings. They were all frozen with people ice skating reminded me of a famous painting by Dutch artist Hendrick Avercamp. It was so magical...but didn't last very long.

Téo turned 3!

We celebrated Téo's 3rd birthday on 1st March, well actually his birthday was celebrated every day of the week as the kids were on holidays. He was the happiest boy!

Paper cut bouquet

While the children were cutting their colourful flowers ( see previous post) I made a quick sketch of a bouquet and then cut it up!
I've already asked my followers on IG, wondering if we should make this a Famille Summerbelle product? And if so which colour? Please leave me a comment as I'd love to hear your thoughts!