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 are looking at the Upcoming InCoWriMo February 2017. InCoWriMo equals International Correspondence Writing Month and it is about committing to writing one letter a day in February! “One a day. Every day. February.” The idea of participating in the Upcoming InCoWriMo February 2017
With today, Monday, January 16, 2017, being Martin Luther King, Jr. Day observed we are looking at the “I Have a Dream” 1999 stamp. And here is a link to my blog post from last year – it was about his famous “Letter from Birmingham
On this Sunday afternoon, we are looking at the recently held 2017 CES American Greetings #DeviceLikeNoOther campaign. With today being daily blog post #690, with our focus on encouraging old-style correspondence letter writing you can image my delight to come across reading all of
Today we are looking at the Starry Sky Envelopes available at Spoon & Tamago website. Be ready for a little sticker shock though as each envelope is listed at $13.00 each. The article at their site from October 2016 shares – “These envelopes were originally
This morning we are looking at Letter Writing DIY Eraser Stamp demo I came across on the instructables website. And there is a fun bird whistle to make at the end of today’s blog for those handy with wood working. Whereas today the DIY demo is using a
Have you seen the Vintage Steampunk Typewriter Keyboard one can order for their computer? Over at The Typosphere, Richard Polt posted images of three of these in a post on Christmas Eve. Happy Thursday! With being this close to the weekend today’s blog post
If your upcoming weekend plans include being in Philadelphia check out the Philadelphia Pen Show 2017, January 13-15. One of the delights for me is using fountain pens when letter writing. Making the time to write cursively with a fountain pen is right up
Last week the Postal Service issued the Year of the Rooster Forever stamp in Seattle with the stamp going on sale nationwide the same day, January 5, 2017. “The Year of the Rooster begins on January 28, 2017, and ends on February 15, 2018.”
