Welcome letter writing enthusiasts and those new and/or rediscovering the joys of letter writing. We celebrate letter writing here!

AnchoredScraps letter writing blog encourages old-style correspondence through handwritten letters between kindred souls since 2015

Whether the topic focuses on buying your first fountain pen, downloading a printable for jotting down a few whimsical sentiments, sending a post card, dusting off your typewriter, the joys of selecting vintage or new postage to our envelope cachets, adding to our stationery stash, or simply hand-writing a letter – it’s all fun and part of the journey with a blog post by Helen Rittersporn. 

Here you will find ongoing encouragement to regularly carve out a few precious moments to connect with others via “old” styles of correspondence, specifically in letter writing. 

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1964 Christmas 5¢ Stamps
Helen Rittersporn

1964 Christmas 5¢ Stamps

We are looking back at the 1964 Christmas 5¢ Stamps for our blog post today. Earlier this week when putting stamps onto a Christmas letter to a PenPal I came across a set of them; it was fun to put all four onto the

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Letters from Father Christmas by J. R. R Tolkien
Helen Rittersporn

Letters from Father Christmas by J. R. R. Tolkien

Letters from Father Christmas by J. R. R. Tolkien is our letter writing topic today. At the conclusion of my post, I’m including a five minute YouTube video I came across by Pontus Presents; they walk us through the book construction while turning pages. I’ve been looking

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Letters to Santa White mailbox to Santa Claus
Helen Rittersporn

SANTA MAIL USPS Letters from Santa

The USPS Letters from Santa is our topic this morning greeting us on how to arrange for SANTA MAIL. It is important before we look at today’s whimsical post, to pause and here are my posts from December 07, 2016 Remembering Pearl Harbor on 75th

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Red envelope with holly and letter, for Ode to Christmas Eve Rainbow Bridge post
Helen Rittersporn

Ode to Christmas Eve Rainbow Bridge

Today’s post is an Ode to Christmas Eve Rainbow Bridge for our letter writing topic. The title for today could have also been: Sharing Rainbow Bridge Christmas Eve Story with our Christmas Cards.  I’m continuing the quest to complete addressing our Christmas cards and

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Something to Write About Interactive ebook by Bill Zimmerman Cover
Helen Rittersporn

Something to Write About Interactive ebook

Waking up earlier than normal to rain this morning has found me enjoying the new Something to Write About Interactive ebook by Bill Zimmerman.  The official title is “Something to Write About Interactive E-Book of Writing Prompts for Students”. Before dashing off for our usual

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Helen Rittersporn

Writing Christmas NewsLetter Hybrid

This week I’m looking at Writing Christmas NewsLetter Hybrid; this is where I find myself balancing those ‘best of intentions’ letter writing with ‘getting out our Christmas cards’.  On this first Monday in December, this is now my third Christmas Holiday Season to be blogging,

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Micha L. Rieser [Attribution], via Wikimedia Commons
Helen Rittersporn

Advent Letter Writing Goals 2017

Today has been the first Sunday of Advent 2017 and I am sharing my Advent Letter Writing Goals 2017. I’m going to also be recalling two previous Advent related blog posts here later in today’s blog. Advent Letter Writing Goals 2017 My Advent Letter

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Christmas Memories II rr_Y332_l National Railroad Museum Holiday Card Center
Helen Rittersporn

National Railroad Museum Holiday Card Center

There is a tremendous selection of Holiday Train Cards at the National Railroad Museum Holiday Card Center. On this first Saturday in December I’ve got Christmas and Trains on my mind.  There are three more weekends until Christmas. Earlier today seeing the new Murder

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