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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Valentines Day Card Reminder
Helen Rittersporn

Valentines Day Card Reminder

On this Friday morning, a quick friendly blog post with this Valentines Day Card Reminder to get them into the mail! Today is Day 10 of #InCoWriMo – International Correspondence Writing Month. There are five letters in my outbox ready to take to the Post

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Beatles Ed Sullivan February 9
Helen Rittersporn

Beatles Ed Sullivan February 9 & Postcard

Fifty-three years ago today, really!, The Beatles Ed Sullivan February 9 was their first live TV appearance. Here is a link to my blog post last year on this day: Remembering The Beatles on The Ed Sullivan Show. This YouTube is “The Beatles – I

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PreOrdering Steampunk Visions Postcard Book
Helen Rittersporn

PreOrdering Steampunk Visions Postcard Book

The expression “everything that is old is new again” looks to be the case with PreOrdering Steampunk Visions Postcard Book. We have covered some Steampunk items here before with keyboard inspired, and mouse inspired – today it is Postcards! “Fanciful vintage steampunk vision postcards, created in Paris

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Adding fitness lifestyle theme stationery
Helen Rittersporn

Adding fitness lifestyle theme stationery

On this Tuesday morning, with Valentine’s Day a week away, Adding fitness lifestyle theme stationery or at least a mention of it in our letters is today’s blog post topic. Over at Zazzle.com, there are several lifestyle stationery options available including the one upper left.

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Royal Mail Queen Elizabeth II Sapphire Jubilee stamp
Helen Rittersporn

Queen Elizabeth II Sapphire Jubilee stamp

On this Monday, February 6, 2017, over in the U.K., the Royal Mail issues £5 Queen Elizabeth II Sapphire Jubilee stamp. “On this day in 1952, Princess Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth II.” Special thanks to The Royal Philatelic Society London whose ReTweet showed the stamp, here

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Superbowl Postmarks Envelopes
Helen Rittersporn

Superbowl Postmarks Envelopes

On this Sunday evening with Superbowl 51 and the first ever overtime, I’m looking at Superbowl Postmarks Envelopes. The image upper left is from 2008 THE STAMP COLLECTING ROUND-UP: “The first of the three envelopes highlights the New England Patriots and New York Giants helmets in

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Thank a Mailman Day 2017
Helen Rittersporn

Thank a Mailman Day 2017

On this Saturday it is Thank a Mailman Day 2017 along with Day #4 of #InCoWriMo 2017.  The International Correspondence Writing Month is about committing to writing one letter a day, each day, in February! Thank a Mailman Day is an opportunity to thank the

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Image for Buddy Holly Novelty Pencils blog post
Helen Rittersporn

Buddy Holly Novelty Pencils

We are wrapping up the work week on this Friday morning with Buddy Holly Novelty Pencils. Obviously, the image upper left is a “background of pencils … all lined up neatly”- to see the Buddy Holly Novelty Pencils just keep reading… Here is a link

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