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 for Earth Day 2017 we are looking at EcoSnailMail Recycled Stationery at Etsy. The image shown is the Typewriter Handmade Recycled Stationery. In the spirit of recycling, I’m including the link to my post from last year for Earth Day 2016 – Go Green Seeded Postcards
We can now combine being a foodie with these USPS Delicioso Forever Stamps issued yesterday, on April 20, 2017. With our letter writing it is always fun to add some whimsy to our envelopes and to be able to be expressive with these new
This weekend, April 21-23 is the 22nd Annual Atlanta Pen Show 2017 at The Wyndham Atlanta Galleria. The Atlanta Pen Show 2017 offers the perfect opportunity for exploring the large assortment of fountain pens available. “There are are a variety of plans for the show,
Perfect for letter writing, I’m enjoying my go-to box of Lilly Pulitzer Assorted Notecard Set in signature multi-color with sherbet-lined coordinating envelopes. This would make a GREAT Mother’s Day gift idea, or for upcoming birthdays too! A few months ago I purchased a set and
Today we are looking at the 1906 Great San Francisco Earthquake Post Office Postcards, Mail, and Letter Writers. It was on this day, April 18, 1906, The Great San Francisco Earthquake happened. We have an article at the Postal Museum, Photos of the San
With the Boston Marathon being held today on Patriots’ Day, we are looking at some Boston Marathon Greeting Cards and the Marathon 1996 USPS Stamp. We’ve got details on the premiere of ‘Boston’, the first feature-length documentary about the history of the legendary Boston
Our Easter Sunday 2017 blog post this morning is about the newly released January 2017 The Women of Easter book by Liz Curtis Higgs. My copy of the book I have ordered and am anticipating its arrival this next week. It is available in ebook format
This morning I was able to finally sit down and watch on DVD from 1975 the CBS TV Special The Easter Promise by Gail Rock, from the Addie Mills series of books. At the beginning of March, I had found the DVD listed on Amazon
