Place an amount of waste paper (old newspapers, magazines, boxes, photocopy papers wrapping papers etc.) in a cup after tearing them up into small pieces and let them rest for a few hours (preferably over the night) in warm water by resting the cup on a radiator to dissolution. At the end of this period the fibres that constitute paper shall be ready to decompose. Then rip the solution (warm if cold) by a mixer first at a law then at high speed (for approximately 40 seconds) until it reaches to a homogenous state. Make sure that no pieces of paper remains.

Place a piece of cloth at the same size with the strainer you have prepared with window screen. At the initial stage, pour down the paper pulp into the drainer. Pour down smaller amount if you want thin or big amount if you want thick paper. Dip the drainer with paper pulp into water, stir the pulp then take the drainer out of the water. If the surface is not smooth, try to straighten it up by slowly moving it to both sides. Then leave the drainer to rest and let the water drain up.

Place the wet paper you had made in the drainer, by pulling it out with the help of the cloth you had placed in the drainer, on the couple of layers of old newspapers carefully then place a layer of cloth and a few layers of newspaper on your wet paper. Thus, your paper is now resting between two cloths and newspaper layers. With the help of a cylindrical roller and with soft movements try to press out the water. With these movements the surface of the paper is rather straightened.

At the end of the pressing process take the paper and dry it out with a hair crier.

Yes, you have produced your first paper. I hope it shall not be the last. While you get experienced by time, you can add dried flowers, pieces of hay, coloured strings and even drawings or paints. You can send the cards you have thus produced to your beloved friends.