Pretty Children + Pretty Storage

Hello lovelies.
I started off my day with a messenger from an undisclosed Conde Nast publication coming all the way down to South 3rd street to pick up some of my work! Tres exciting! I then breakfasted on the amazing pie (which we now know is "Jeffrey's victory pie") and the rest of the afternoon, I packed and shipped another big round o' stuff, and then traipsed off to the P.O. When I got home I had a lovely package waiting for me...and what was it? What could it be?
Oh, it was just the oversized, AMAZING copy of Milk Magazine that the lovely, lovely Jenny toted home for me all the way from France! It is didn't disappoint, oh no. I've only flipped through it (I'm doing that thing where I want to kinda save it so I'm not really "looking" at the pictures yet. Just glancing.)
The cover (along with a darling babyish mini-magazine that came with it):

Here are some highlights, even though...seriously? Now I feel like I would pay the overseas subscription price. I know I balked before at the $140ish price tag (EDIT: I'm a moron. I think it actually works out to about half of that amount...silly me!) but now that I've seen how INCREDIBLE this magazine is? The photos! The interiors! I feel like it's so wonderful it's going to kill me:



so, yay yay yay!
I hope these make you guys as happy as they make me :)

More on the beautiful children front is the new (ish) monograph from artist Loretta Lux :

The book is very inexpensive, and incredibly clean and beautiful. I like to think of her work as a sort of "paintings" rather than photographs, because I've always been annoyed by the notion of her as a photographer. I like to think of her as a portrait artist. If you haven't seen her work, you gotta take a look at it!

Lastly, the pretty storage:

It's the good ol' Jackie Shapiro for French Bull and you can buy it loads of places (here, if there are no cute kitcheny places in your neck of the woods). What a difference pretty tupperware makes brightening your fridge and housing your leftovers.

Whew! I need to nerd out about this happy, adorable stuff because I discovered today that my credit card was stolen (last weekend our apartment was burglarized for the second time in the last few months). We thought they had just taken Sarah's laptop and blackberry, but they apparently also riffled through my desk enough to find my credit card that I never use. Creeps!

Comments

[honor]

i realize it's a bit late but sorry about your apartment being burglarized. our home was broken into a couple weeks ago, less than month after our car was stolen. =( so i understand.

[Flo]

I am going to hunt for those! Thanks for the link!

[Sonya]

I'm so sorry about your apartment being burglarized. It must be really awful. Are you really going to move out of of Brooklyn and New York all together? Take good care!

[Beth]

Love the Milk magazine. Those pics are incredible. Also love those containers.

I am so sorry to hear about you being broken into. That just sucks. You know there are days, after reading the morning headlines on CNN, I just want to find a way to work from home and home school my daughter. There are just too many creepies out there for Pete's Sake!

[Jo]

why and how in the world could people steal from such a lovely person like you? so sorry this has happened and twice...yikes! it's a good thing that you're going home soon...just can't seem to trust people these days...the mags and the pretty containers are a great way to lift your spirits! i can't wait for my blackapple goodies to come, that'll make my kiddies and of course my heart soar!!! xoxo jo

[Jessica]

I am sorry to hear about your apartment, you should move to Greenpoint! It is soooo safe and fantastic!

I love Loretta Lux, she is one of my favorite artists. My brother got me her book last year for my birthday and I just cherish it!

[Sara K.]

Those children are amazing!!! Sorry to hear about being burgled... Seems odd in a building with a locked front door. There has been a rash of burglaries this week in my neighborhood--all in the middle of the day. (Good thing I never leave the house!) Any luck on the house search?

[--->natalie.]

i've been eyeing those storage containers for awhile - i just question if i would then decide i need to redecorate the interior of my fridge.

-->natalie.
http://mimidesign.etsy.com

[cindy]

i'm sorry your cc was stolen. that really sucks. i think loretta lux paints the backgrounds of her photos, so they are a combination of photography and painting. i think. the tupperware is adorable! cute, cute.

[Sarah Day]

Oh no! What icky people! We need to get you back to the relative safety of Athens ASAP! You are too shiny of an apple to be burgled.

I hope your pretty goodies take away the sting.

Be safe.

[hillary]

ooh! I have that issue of Milk too, isn't it amazing!

and speaking of amazing, thank you so much for the fabric :) xxxoo