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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Prioritizing Writing Thank You Notes
Helen Rittersporn

Prioritizing Writing Thank You Notes

On this day after Christmas, my short blog topic is Prioritizing Writing Thank You Notes! It is important to make the time to write and send out a simple Thank you note for gifts or anything really amazing worth noting. Whether it is written on

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Christmas Day 2016 WrapUp Letter
Helen Rittersporn

Christmas Day 2016 WrapUp Letter

The blog post format is a little different today with my Christmas Day 2016 WrapUp Letter. It includes our puppy Cooper, Charles Osgood, Willie Nelson’s new Christmas book, and recalling a very cold wet fishing Christmas Day with my Dad many years ago.  Today is

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Christmas Eve Story at the Rainbow bridge
Helen Rittersporn

Christmas Eve Story at the Rainbow bridge

For our First Noel Letters Countdown Day 11′- Christmas Eve Story at the Rainbow bridge is our blog topic. There have been several friends who have lost cherished pets this year and so I’m remembering this story.  I first shared it last August a year ago

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Nutcracker Stamps Puzzle Postcards
Helen Rittersporn

Nutcracker Stamps Puzzle Postcards

Today as we continue our First Noel Letters Countdown it is Day 10 and we are looking at these Nutcracker Stamps Puzzle Postcards.  Earlier this year in ordering from the USPS.com website it was fun to discover these Holiday Nutcrackers Secret Puzzle Postcards (Set of 4).  They actually

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Cavallini Vintage Christmas Mailing Set
Helen Rittersporn

Cavallini Vintage Christmas Mailing Set

For our First Noel Letters Countdown Day 9, on this Thursday is Cavallini Vintage Christmas Mailing Set for 2016.   In looking forward to the arrival of my order it has been worth the wait!  The metal box the set resides in is a perfect

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The Bishop's Wife Typewriter Scene
Helen Rittersporn

The Bishop’s Wife Typewriter Scene

For our First Noel Letters Countdown Day 8, I’m thinking of The Bishop’s Wife Typewriter Scene. In addition, there two other scenes from the 1947 classic movie mentioning today.  It stars Cary Grant, Loretta Young, and David Niven. In the photo above it is from the scene

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Christmas Letters Treasure Chest
Helen Rittersporn

Christmas Letters Treasure Chest

For our First Noel Letters Countdown Day 7, I’m mindful to begin this Christmas with creating a Christmas Letters Treasure Chest. Even if there are no old letters to Santa – starting this Christmas we can begin collecting items to put into one! We may not have as

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First US Stamp Celebrating Christmas
Helen Rittersporn

First US Stamp Celebrating Christmas

For our First Noel Letters Countdown Day 6 we are looking at the First US Stamp Celebrating Christmas the 1962 Wreath and Candle 4¢ stamp.  Happy Monday on the busiest mailing and shipping day of 2016! First US Stamp Celebrating Christmas Thank you to my dear friend Tally

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