Welcome letter writing enthusiasts and those new and/or rediscovering the joys of letter writing. We celebrate letter writing here!
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.
On this Sunday afternoon, my blog post is sending Congratulations LWA 10th Anniversary to the Letter Writers Alliance. And we are looking at their LWA Pigeon Post Kit. Today is daily post #970 of my letter writing blog since launching AnchoredScraps on February 26, 2015. Congratulations
Quilt Show discoveries today from my day long road trip include McCall’s Vintage Patterns Notecards. My “new” 1956 Singer Featherweight sewing machine was the impetus for attending the Hearts and Hands ECA Quilters Guild Quilt Show in Sanford, NC today. More on my Featherweight later
The month of October is 2/3 through and makes perfect timing for BOX TOPS Fall Mail Box Topper. I’m including at the end of today’s post on the very distinctive design by The Mailbox Ranch (LLC) from November 2015. We have been covering on occasion
The Diwali Forever 2016 Stamp is our blog topic today. Over at USA Today – “It lasts five days, with the major celebrations occurring on the third day, which this year falls on Oct. 19.” We will circle back to the USA Today article later in
The Pony Express Enroute Today is our whimsical nod to having our own version of sending snail mail. One of my earliest blog posts here writing on Pony Express 1960 Commemorative Stamp for the 100th anniversary of the Pony Express. I’m showing it here
Think Typewriters when looking at the cover of Tom Hanks Book Uncommon Type: Some Stories; his first book debuts today. Furthermore, seeing the below tweet by Tom Hanks on Monday was perfectly done. I’m including an image of it. At the time of writing
We are kicking off the week with our Letter writing interests with this large Happy Mail Wood Mounted Stamp with Handle. From previous daily blog posts here I’ve been sharing how much I love the rubber stamps with a handle. Finding this stamp with
There is a 2006 paperback on Fast Fun & Easy Fabric Postcards Keepsakes You Can Make & Mail I am already anticipating its arrival. Last year one of my letter writing blog posts was on Quilting Postmarks; however, today we are talking about Fabric Postcards. In looking
