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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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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Buster's Christmas Letter book
Helen Rittersporn

Buster’s Christmas Letter book

For our First Noel Letters Countdown Day 5, on this Sunday – we are looking at Buster’s Christmas Letter book. The Buster’s Christmas Letter book I ordered arrived on Thursday. Getting to read the book in real life instead of just looking at it online is

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National Wreaths Across America Day 2016
Helen Rittersporn

National Wreaths Across America Day 2016

For our First Noel Letters Countdown Day 4, on this Saturday morning – we are recognizing the 25th Anniversary of National Wreaths Across America Day 2016. “Each December on National Wreaths Across America Day, our mission to Remember, Honor and Teach is carried out by coordinating wreath-laying ceremonies at Arlington National

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WordCamp Speaking
Helen Rittersporn

Christmas Sweggings & WordCamp Speaking

Today’s blog post is Day 3 of First Noel Letters Countdown with a combo blog title of  Christmas Sweggings & WordCamp Speaking!  Thursday night I was able to attend the local WordPress Meetup and it was great fun! While at that Event I spied what

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Joy to the World 2016
Helen Rittersporn

(Almond) Joy to the World 2016

Today’s blog post is Day 2 of First Noel Letters Countdown and is a play on words with the title of (Almond) Joy to the World 2016!      I’ve been looking for a recipe to insert along with my Christmas cards and the recipe I found

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Helen Rittersporn

First Noel Letters Countdown begins

With twelve days to Christmas, The First Noel Letters Countdown begins today! Today’s blog post begins with a spelling lesson and sharing a letter I’ve written today to Santa. N – O – E – L spelled as   O – L – E  ! 

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dashing through the mail
Helen Rittersporn

dashing through the mail

Today a slight change in the lyrics with dashing through the snow – with dashing through the mail ! The image of the snow bank with the mail box has me thinking of the Christmas movie classic, “Christmas in Connecticut”. It is hard to believe

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