I made this cut out Love Birds inspired by my series of drawings that you can see below. I had made a number of loose drawings on tissue paper as a personal project and I wanted to make a cut out from one of the designs.
I'm happy to present my latest cut out piece named Love Birds!
The new Love Birds paper cut is available as a limited edition on Famille Summerbelle website
As the Olympic Games begin today in Tokyo, I am pleased to introduce you to this wonderful city through my cut-out illustrations!
On my last trip to Tokyo I had in mind to design a map of it on my return. On the spot I made many sketches of people walking in the street like a group of school kids wearing their randoseru bags or landmark buildings such as the Asakusa temple or some of the typical Tokyo houses with plants in pots growing on the front.
I also took lots of photos of the city, people crossing the famous pedestrian pathway or a young man listening to music while waiting for a friend by the Hachikō statue at Shibuya station.
The idea was to come back at my studio with lots of visual references. I needed to capture the many contrasts of this vibrant capital to create this intricate cut out map of one of my favourite city.
I invite you to view a short video of the making of the map of Tokyo by clicking here.
The paper cut map of Tokyo is available in 2 colours: black and deep blue.
It is laser cut from an original paper cut map.
The map measures 42cm x 56cm and is sold unframed.
I made this wreath of flowers during the first long lockdown.
I was lucky to be able to spend time in my garden where I would see beautiful blooming flowers such as magnolia, daisies, clematis and sunflowers.
I created the first wreath cutting a thin sheet of paper by hand with a scalpel. This version is a laser cut created from that intricate original paper cut.
Colour: Green
Size: 26,5 x 26,5 cm
Laser Cut from 240gsm paper
Available at Famille Summerbelle exclusively!
The holidays are coming up fast, and I couldn’t think of a better way to celebrate than by presenting you with my new Paper Cut Family Tree!
Inspired by Scandinavian folk art, this piece features a delicate cut-out of a tree with leaves, flowers and familiar friendly animals.
It comes with 16 openings for your favorite photos of your children and other relatives or friends that you consider family.
If you are looking for a special gift for your mum, then this it!
The Family Tree is available in this stunning Deep Blue with a back print to insert your favourite photos:
The back print comes with guides for placing your photos. Each window measures 3,5 x 4,5cm
The Family Tree is available in this beautiful Forest Green colour:
A guide is included to help you measure and cut your photos to the right size fit into the appropriate windows on the back print.
Make sure to place your Christmas orders soon to avoid postal delays!
Green is our new added colour to our paper cut City maps! Also available in black, deep blue, pink and gold.
How are you?
I hope you and your loved ones are safe and staying healthy during these challenging times.
I wanted to let you know that our online store remains open and you can continue to place orders.
We can immediately ship to the following countries:
Germany, UK, Ireland, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg,Switzerland, Norway, Sweden and Finland.
You can still place orders to be shipped in countries not listed above and they will be shipped once the postal services resume.
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As a thank you for your understanding and for your patience we would like to offer you 15% off your next purchase with the code STAYHOME to use at checkout.
The offer will remain valid until 15th April.
We will also include this new HOME paper cut for FREE with your next purchase!
Look after yourself and thanks so much for your support 💚
We are so happy to show you our latest paper cut map: BERLIN!
Available in 5 colours: blue, green, pink, blue, black and a limited edition gold.
Our two boys (aged 10 and 5) are at the age where they spend hours on end playing with Legos. They both play very well together which is really sweet.
Today they made this pretty fun art installation on the kitchen bench displaying all the Legos characters (I found out that most have no hands which are most probably lost somewhere in the house!).
As this might sounds familiar, Legos pieces often ends up in every corner of the house. Who hasn't walked in the middle of the night on a sharp piece of Legos cube swearing with an acute pain on the foot!
I found a nice solution with our House Boxes for storing away all these little pieces!
If you are really motivated at tidying up your child's Legos you can also arrange them by colours as the House Boxes comes flat packed in 4 colours: blue, pink, yellow and black!
It's December 2nd and it's starting to look like Christmas at home!
Today I finished customising the advent calendar I had cut the previous year and added some colours and new activities to do on the back of each illustration.
I had no time to make a brand new one this year and to be honest I think this one deserved a second life!
New colour alert!
Our paper cut maps are now available in this beautiful soft pink!
Cities available are Paris, London, Amsterdam, San Francisco, New York City and Copenhagen.
I have just returned from an amazing week in Tokyo where we celebrated the 11th anniversary of Famille Summerbelle with a colorful exhibition of new paper cut works, original watercolors and our city maps.
It was an honor to celebrate our 11 years in Tokyo at Galerie Doux Dimanche since it is also 11 years that we have been collaborating with the creative couple Hisashi Tokuyoshi and Fumie Shimoji, founders of the Edition Paumes.
Together we made the book "Be Creative with Famille Summerbelle”. I was warmly welcomed by the team for my second exhibition in this charming gallery, located in the beautiful district of Jingumae in Shibuya.
For the occasion I made a large drawing on the window of the shop adjacent to the gallery to entertain visitors and passers-by!
It was such a pleasure to spend time again with the charming team of the Galerie Doux Dimanche who have also welcomed my mother and I for an exhibition 7 years ago. My mum who's a ceramic artist exhibited with me which was really amazing. You can read and see images on the blog, it was back in 2012!
Famille Summerbelle tea-towels:
Be Creative with Famille Summerbelle by Edition Paumes. The books is a peak inside our home and family life back in 2012. It includes tips and inspiration for handmade ideas and inspiring home decor. It, of course, includes plenty of paper cutting and fun activities to do with your children.
Thank you all at the Galerie Doux Dimanche for your warm welcome!
Julie Marabelle (yes that's me!) and Hisashi Tokuyoshi, DA, photographer, co-founder of Doux Dimanche and Edition Paumes!
The exhibition of Famille Summerbelle runs until Sunday 23rd June 2019:
Galerie Doux Dimanche
3-5-6 Jingu-mae
Shibuya-ku
Tokyo - Japan
During this trip to Tokyo I was also lucky enough to be invited by the Kids Concept Store Bonton for the opening of their new shop in Takashimaya department store in Shinbuya.
I made an installation of about sixty paper cut illustrations on the theme of their collection Little Italy that were displayed in 3 areas of the shop. I also had a lot of fun drawing across their ever so long shop window. I love drawing on a large format, is it very satisfying and rewarding!
The Saturday before my departure I organised a paper cut garland workshop that the children happily coloured and cut to leave with a pretty decoration to hang in their room!
Thank you Bonton for your warm welcome and for this fun collaboration!
Due to popular demand our best selling Family Tree prints are now back in store and available framed. It's a great present for parents to be, for a baby shower and to decorate your child's bedroom.
The print comes in two parts: The front print comes with 12 openings for photo frames.
Each frame opening measures 3.5cm x 4.5cm.
The back paper has guides for placing the photos.
This is Ludo my favorite bunny.
Wishing you all a very Happy Easter!
Hand screen printed bunny, perfect for kids rooms.
Our best selling birch wood tray and our beloved cushion featuring Ludo the bunny on one side and his friend the Maximilien the magician on the reverse.
Do the dishes on Easter Sunday with the colourful bunny tea-towel & be rewarded with a cup of tea in our fine bone China mug.
Following many enquiries from our customers, we are very happy to offer our House Boxes in Black & White.
They are great to store small objets or toys (yes, these little pieces of Legos that can be found everywhere in the house!) and look great display on a shelf or window ledge.
The boxes are sold as a pack of 4 boxes, shipped as a flat pack. Incredibly straightforward to assemble, and can be dismantled and rebuilt as many times as you need!
We also have our best selling House Boxes in many colours available here.
As an extra treat for our customers 💕, we will include a FREE Un Dimanche à Paris tea towel in every order placed between today and Sunday 21st October.
Sorry for the lack of posts over the past weeks. We moved from the Netherlands to the neighbouring country, Germany this August. We are slowly settling in this beautiful white house who must have been built in the early 1900. How stunning is this entry with the stained glass windows?! This is the 5 of us waving goodbye to our dear friends Esther from Babyccino, her husband Tamar and their 5 beautiful kids. They stopped overnight before heading back to Amsterdam after 6 weeks exploring Eastern Europe with a camper van. I'm sure you have followed their wonderful road trip on Instagram!
We spent a lovely evening together listening to their travel stories and dreamt the rest of the night of doing the same one day soon...
The removal boxes have been emptied although we pretend not to see the pile of remaining unpacked boxes when we go down to the basement ;-) I think it takes a while to get used to a new place, how to organise each room and where to place the framed artworks on the walls. We lived for 5 years in Amsterdam and yet I never felt like the flat was done in terms of decorating. I had lots of ideas still. I like to know that it is never done and that decorating is always work in progress!
Saying that we managed to organise the kids bedrooms relatively quickly.
The boys are so happy to finally have their own room while they have always shared the same space in Amsterdam. Lucien who's turning 9 soon is delighted to have his own space to build his Lego towers without having them knocked down by his younger bro.
Téo has a bedroom with lots of light (there are 6 windows in his room!) and a big door surrounded by shelves. They were already there when we moved in this rented house. These shelves are perfect for displaying his books, toys and I was very happy to add some more colourful touches with the House Boxes! It is a cute and playful storage solution to hide all the small toys like Playmobil, Lego, cars, pencils and the never ending small things that kids have in their room!
New bedroom for little Téo:
HOUSE BOXES OFFER:
We have currently an offer on. When purchasing a set of 4 HOUSE BOXES, we will offer you the fifth FREE. It will be added to your order and the colour will be a surprise (Pink, Yellow, Pink or Black).
Last time I watched so excitedly a football game was in 1998!! I cannot believe that 20 years has gone by!! I was 21 years old and I remember so vividly working with my best friend on a beach hut/bar/restaurant in Saint Tropez and celebrating the French World Cup like crazy!
Watching the final last night with my kids was so much fun! I am very proud my country. Bravo les Bleus!
Love from the Netherlands ;-)
Map of France
Hand screen printed, format 50x70cm
