Don't save your handmade paper - just use it!

I needed a piece of paper today because I wanted to write a note to a friend. Yes, I was actually going to put pen to paper and write a note. Not email...a real note that required an envelope and stamp. As I rummaged through a desk drawer, I came upon a stash of handmade paper. These were sheets that I had collected, saving them for a special project. The papers were really gorgeous - larkspur and abaca handmade paper, colourful threads in white cotton handmade paper and glittery, sparkly luster pigment in bright-colored handmade paper. At first, I passed over the sheets, thinking that they were too special to use for this note. And then it occured to me that my stash of paper wasn't giving anyone any enjoyment sitting at the back of the drawer. The joy of using handmade paper would come from the tactile pleasure of feeling my fountain pen against the paper fibers and of my friend opening up her note to find a one-of-a-kind sheet of handmade paper. So I selected one beautiful sheet and wrote my note. How many of us have drawers of hoarded paper? Start using it today! It will give you and the recipient enjoyment, plus clear out your drawers for new paper. What are you doing right now? Go write a note! :)