Some new stock in store at Newspaper Taxi. One of my favorite pieces is this beautiful leather bound tape measure.

Rusted autumn leaves from antique chandeliers, tarnished teapots, wooden boxes and vintage mirrors make for a great winter palette.

I just got back from a trip up north. It rained the night I arrived, then rained and poured and rained some more…and then it flooded!

Roads were collapsing, trees and power lines were blowing over in cyclonic winds, the river rose and then peaked 20cm below the levy. I was stuck out at my sisters place for a few days, stranded in the hills, which wasn’t so bad. We had fun cooking food, playing board games and sloshing around in gumboots.

I did manage to pick up a few little treasures on my travels before I got stranded. The airport staff just laughed at the size of my 25Kg bag which I planned to take as onboard luggage. I payed the excess and prayed that nothing would get broken, which it didn’t! Apparently a large ceramic mixing bowl is classed as a weapon and not allowed on board the plane. Any-hoo, we have some really lovely new pieces in store that I held high above flood water to get here.

Just in time for Mothers Day, we have some really lovely new cards in store. They are hand printed in Buenos Aires and come with sweet brown envelopes made from recycled paper.

Morris and Essex designer Eliza Jane Curtis finds inspiration for her vibrant designs in daydreams and the art deco style architectural details of Buenos Aires. You can even have a sneak peek at her beautiful house which was featured on Design*Sponge.

As a few of my customers have already found, they are the type of card that you buy with someone in mind but never gets given away…

A lovely customer of mine Samantha took this picture of our shop cat Lebowski sitting on the front step.