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 kicking off Monday with a spring in our step with The Lone Ranger 2009 stamp. On this day in 1933 “The Lone Ranger debuts on Detroit radio”. And we’ve got The Lone Ranger Fan Club including audio of the opening! The Lone
On this Sunday morning, we are looking at White House mailroom letters NY Times article from January 17th – “To Obama With Love, and Hate, and Desperation“; also included is the link to WhiteHouse.gov for steps to follow for whether writing either email or snail mail
This weekend finds me loving Beach Music and 2017 Seashells Postcard stamps being issued today; nearby over in Myrtle Beach, SC the National Shag Dance Championship Preliminaries are underway. They started on Friday and continue today, Saturday; January 27 and 28, 2017. The finals
On this Friday morning, we are reading about a Thank you card in New Zealand taking 23 Year Slow Mail Delivery; the story is from this past summer. The article said the recipient lives 12 minutes away! Wouldn’t it be fun to know where
Taking a variation of “Do not open until…” comes to mind when looking at the very creative Open When Letters Printable Envelopes. They are offered through OpenWhenLetterShop at Etsy, and described as part of the “Open When Letter Collection™” and “O.W.L.S.™”. It is so much fun
How quickly it’s been for another 100 daily blog posts since October 17th – finding us now at AnchoredScraps.com 700th Daily Blog Post Today. Happy Wednesday! Thank you Vicki for the 700 celebration art work today! This morning finds us with a look-back Milestone
On this Tuesday morning, our blog post is on the Edith Wharton 1980 stamp; she was born on January 24, 1862. In 1921 Edith Wharton was the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for literature for “The Age of Innocence”. The book was
We are kicking off the new week with today being National Handwriting Day 2017, celebrating its 40th Anniversary. Included in today’s blog post are two sites I saw already offering promotions for today, Federalist Pens and Paper, and TombowUSA. From my blog post last year,
