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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Time for S’more Summer Camp Stationery Sets
Helen Rittersporn

Time for S’more Summer Camp Stationery Sets

With August almost over there is still time for S’more Summer Camp Stationery Sets. We can look ahead to next summer with these Camp Cards & Stationery Sets at Lil Pickle, Inc. Back in July we covered Everything Summer Camp Postcards Camp Grams. I did

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Studio Oh! Postcard Books Gift Products
Helen Rittersporn

Studio Oh! Postcard Books Gift Products

Today’s blog post finds us looking at four different sets of Studio Oh! Postcard Books Gift Products. Happy Tuesday morning! Among my letter writing boxes of stationery, I’ve been putting all of my postcards into one box. It is fun to see so many

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2017 Total Eclipse of the Sun Pictorial Postmark
Helen Rittersporn

2017 August 21 Eclipse Pictorial Postmarks Challenge

Today while we await the Total Solar Eclipse this afternoon, my blog post topic is the 2017 August 21 Eclipse Pictorial Postmarks Challenge. First of all, we are kicking off the new week! We’ve got references to the current USPS Postal Bulletin, Linn’s Stamp News, Collect

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Carbondale Eclipse Comic Con
Helen Rittersporn

Carbondale Eclipse Comic Con 2017

Southern Illinois University has been hosting this weekend the Carbondale Eclipse Comic Con 2017, the first-ever Comic Convention hosted on the campus. In addition, the Carbondale post office is offering “special eclipse-themed postmark for collectors”.  My blog post tomorrow will have a LOT on all

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Men of Letters WWI book by Duncan Barrett
Helen Rittersporn

Men of Letters WWI book by Duncan Barrett

Today we are looking at Men of Letters WWI book by Duncan Barrett. The full title is “Men of Letters: The Post Office Heroes Who Fought the Great War” from 2014.   You will want to have your cup of coffee or hot tea

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D-Day Ohio Conneaut Pictorial Postmark 2017
Helen Rittersporn

D-Day Ohio Conneaut Pictorial Postmark 2017

In the US Postal Service Postal Bulletin today it includes showing the D-Day Ohio Conneaut Pictorial Postmark available August 17-19, 2017. D-Day Conneaut is a premier living history event; the annual event recreates the D-Day Invasion of June 6th, 1944. About the D-Day Conneaut 2017 Event The

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Blu Monaco Desk Mail Letter Organizer
Helen Rittersporn

Blu Monaco Desk Mail Letter Organizer

Today’s blog post finds us looking at the Blu Monaco Desk Mail Letter Organizer. If you have found yourself starting to declutter your letter writing area this may be of help. While it is a different purpose from having an antique style Letter Writing Lap

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