New Japanese papers arrived yesterday and I woke up today excited to use them! I’ve seen so many chiyogami papers by now and I never cease to be amazed by their richness, color, and texture. Their elegance and playfulness is definitely what compels me to use them in so much of my work. This new batch is a beautiful assortment of bright, colorful patterns and, in combination with the lengthening days, they are making my work table look like spring is on the way!

I think that blue on the right might be my favorite…

We’ve been gluing up covers with these for new journals and albums this morning. It was about time for something colorful and bright! I’m on a roll and hope to have these done and ready to show off soon, soon, soon! There are also letterpress cards coming with these papers that I’m excited to put together!

While Charlotte naps and I work, this is what I’ve been watching this morning:

It’s hard to have any complaints when you think about how complex everything around us is, how much is out there, and how lucky we are to be able to see and hear and feel all of it!

A good friend who has been dealing with the loss of not one, but a few close friends recently wrote me a sweet email out of the blue earlier this week and concluded, “With all the sense of doom ahead in my mind, I will move above this feeling and see the sun/moon in the sky and still be awed by it all.”

We should all be awed by it all.