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.
Today we have the Be Bold Be Brave Typewriter Postcard Book by Tyler Knott Gregson. Image being able to not only read a book but getting to mail it sheet by sheet, actually postcard by postcard! Our letter writing today is with a bit of
We have had ‘bulky’ mail items before but nothing like making our own Summer Novelty Ice Cream Sandwich Postcard today! As we begin seeing a longer weekend coming up with the approaching 4th of July, today’s blog post is something you may want to consider
Today, June 26, kicks off the PMCC Post Mark Collectors Club Convention 2017 in Reno, Nevada; the event is running through Thursday. The image upper left is of their 1987 PMCC Convention Pictorial Postmark. Post Mark Collectors Club – “Enthusiasts of Postmarks, Postal History and Post Office
We are looking at The Letter Box Project Vending Machine at Boise Public Library which unveiled on June 01; the project is on display through September. It is staggering to read the pricing is at only 25 cents for each letter! I’m including a short
On this Saturday we are having fun with this whimsical Letter Writing Dog Mountainside Crafts Rubber Stamp over at Etsy. This afternoon I’ve been enjoying writing letters using two of my Waterman fountain pens catching up with pen pals. More on that at the end
What a fantastic way to greet Friday seeing the upcoming USPS Disney Villains Stamps! On the back of the sheet, the design has drawings of the 10 classic Disney Villains with a quote by each one of them. Captain Hook: “Blast that Peter Pan!” The
Today we have the newly released SteamPunk Design Wax Seal Stamps at LetterSeals.com. We have a convergence of sealing wax and SteamPunk design today! Taking the time to use sealing wax on the outside of our envelopes truly enhances our letter writing! I’m including
Nothing says First Day of Summer like this Watermelon Pencil Sharpener! The Farmer’s Almanac is telling me today is the First Day of Summer. “The summer solstice 2017 falls on Wednesday, June 21, 12:24 A.M. EDT. Summer Solstice (Northern Hemisphere)”. “The timing of the solstice is not based on
