Famille Summerbelle

Bouquet cut out full of colours

I wanted flowers that never fades so I made this cut out bouquet using Caran d'Ache Neocolor Wax Pastels. The flowers were then cut with a scalpel and I used a thin wire at the back to reinforce the paper stem. Have you ever made paper flowers?

Happy New Year! Bonne Année!

My love for colours and leaves

Today is the first day of Spring, my favourite season so I am very happy! I wanted to share with you some paintings I recently made inspired by my love for colours and leaves of all sorts and sizes!
I made a lot of sketches of the beautiful variety of leaves that you can find on the island during our recent trip to Mallorca and made this serie of paintings. Let me know what you think and if you'd like me to make prints from this collection?!

The joy of playing with paint

The other day Téo ask me to watch his favourite cartoon Paw Patrol on TV but as he saw his brother using paint he quickly changed his mind. He wanted to do the same and play with paint instead. Phew :-)
I asked him which colours he wanted to use and we made a pretty palette with a mix of green, blue, red, white and yellow. I have a lot of cardboard sheets that I use for packing Famille Summerbelle orders and they are great for painting projects.
Here are some images of our little painting session and to get kids distracted from watching TV!

Paper fishing!

The children had a really nice idea to make a series of fish and a fishing rod as a fun little present for their little brother Téo for his 3rd birthday.
We painted few cardboard sheets with a white primer before drawing the fish with chalk and pencils. We painted them all using acrylic paint. Once the fish were dry I used a scalpel to cut the shapes. We added a little hook on each piece and Lucien made a fishing rod with a bamboo stick, a string and a kitchen hook.

Colours, Light & Shapes

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

NEW! Paper Decorations for Spring

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 friends at Engel! Make them in a jiffy, add a bright pom-pom, a pink elastic under the chin and you’re laughing!
Each paper hat comes flat packed. You can send the hat as a greeting card to a friend. Add a note inside the hat and poste it in the large envelope provided. Also included are a bright pink elastic and a pompom.

Our Mushrooms and Owls paper banner is perfect for adding a festive touch of colour to your birthday parties or to brighten up a room. They are hand cut in San Francisco by Papel Picado Mexican artisans.

New! Bamboo Circus Collection

A beautiful grass plant that may just take over the world and save us from plastic! Bamboo is fast becoming the best possible choice for so many household products and today we’re very proudly introducing the first bamboo products to Famille Summerbelle.

Bamboo Circus is a collection of bamboo tableware designed by Famille Summerbelle exclusively for our lovely friends at ENGEL. in the Netherlands.

It was a really enriching experience to work with Sabien from ENGEL. She is such a lovely person! We both share the same love of colours, bold designs and the importance of sustainability for our products.

To introduce the new Bamboo Circus collection we were very happy to throw a colourful party at home together with our friend Esther from Babyccino and all the children.
A big thank you to Jessica from PRCHT for capturing the photos of our fabulous party!

The collection includes:

2 box sets including a plate, bowl and cup. One features a pretty cool guitarist bunny and the second a cheeky bear cycling on his tricycle.

6 colourful plates and 6 cups each with its own pattern and featuring adorable characters such as the horse, the elephant and the lion.

1 large cake plate perfect for displaying cakes and petits-fours at parties or just to use as a tray in your kitchen.

This bamboo collection is perfect for parties, to take out for picnics or just as wonderful for every day use at home. It can be used for hot and cold dishes and is dishwasher safe.

Each set is packed in beautiful (recycled) packaging.

A few little known facts about Bamboo and just how wonderful it actually is:
Bamboo is the fastest growing plant in the world which makes it one of the most sustainable materials available
Bamboo releases 30% more oxygen into the atmosphere and absorbs more carbon dioxide compared to other plants, so it’s good for the eco-system
Virtually every part of the plant is used to make all sorts of products. Little or no waste!
No fertilizer, pesticides, or herbicides are needed to grow it so no nasty bi-products

The list goes on, but we hope you can see from this short list just what a wonder product bamboo is!

Colour your room!

Famille Summerbelle is all about customising your room and this little selection below allow you just to do that!

Our set of 4 House Boxes are prefect for storing all the little bits and pieces that are usually scattered on a desk

The adhesive tape Children Farandole can be used in so many ways, for wrapping up presents or just to customise a box.


Ophelia is colouring the drawing she made over the Summer on her notebooks. I always keep one in my bag to make sketches or write notes along the way.


We're very happy to have our traditional Mexican paper banner back in stock. Featuring owls and mushrooms, it will add a festive touch to every room or to a garden party!

I wish you all a lovely weekend!

paper flowers

Adeline Klam is a French designer who is passionate about Japan, origami paper and bright colours. She has the most beautiful shop in Paris in the 11th arrondissement where she sells a variety of colourful Japanese papers, fabrics, stationeries and books and also offers workshops to make beautiful paper flowers like these:

Make your own paper flowers kit.

Colours & product of the day

Pink and yellow inspired by a painting of Willem de Kooning Rosy-Fingered Dawn at Louse Point, 1963 on display at the Stedelijk museum in Amsterdam.

The touch of yellow reminded me of this photo featuring our Family Tree prints. It was photographed and styled by Emma Cassi.

Pink, yellow & grey

Colours that make me happy...
Caracas armchair by Colonel.
Plait cushion of the Mangas collection for Gan-Rugs, in 100% wool.
Kyoto sideboard by Colonel.
Colour Carpet, designer duo Scholten & Baijings for Hay.

Bright interior and DYI Ikea stool table from Vtwonen.
Limited edition giclee print on Etsy by Eloise Renouf.
Baby blanket on Purl Soho and yarn by Purl Soho as well.