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.
We are looking at Vintage Fleur De Lis Sealing Wax Stamp and Walkden’s Wax Sticks today. If you have found yourself wanting to add a little extra to your letter writing consider adding the finishing touches with sealing wax. Back in 2015 one of my
In my email today from Leafcutter Designs their Special Delivery email was announcing their World’s Smallest Post Service Kit Kickstarter campaign! It was a lot of fun to receive their Special Delivery email. If it sounds familiar, back on May 22, 2016, my blog post was on
With today being September 11, 2017, we are looking back at 2011 The Smithsonian’s National Postal Museum September 11 Story. It was a four part history series on their blog reflecting “the postal history of that terrible day 10 years ago.“ First, here
We are looking at the USPS 2017 Snowy Days Stamps going on sale nationwide October 4th. It is always fun to have some variety with the stamps we use with our letter writing, even seasonally. First of all, when thinking of USPS stamps with
Today our letter writing interests find us looking at these whimsical Coloring Book of Cards and Envelopes of Flowers and Butterflies by Nosy Crow, each in a set. This is one of the several paperbacks in their series of The Coloring Book of Cards and
Over at The Typosphere, it has a great posting about the California Typewriter movie with Tom Hanks opening across the US. It was fun to realize a few months ago the movie Twitter account for California Typewriter began following me. I’ve been following them
On this Thursday morning, we are looking at the 2007 book – “Letters from Katrina”. The official title is “Letters from Katrina: Stories of Hope and Inspiration” by Mark Hoog (Editor), and Kim Lemaire (Photographer). First, let’s begin with this summary quote. “Presents photographs of and drawings, letters,
With the email arriving in my inbox this afternoon about PreOrdering Royal Mail 2017 40th Anniversary Star Wars Stamps, it was perfect timing! With watching the Weather Channel this evening focusing on predicting Hurricane Irma’s path it is nice to take a break and write
