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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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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USPS 2016 Christmas Nativity Stamp
Helen Rittersporn

USPS 2016 Christmas Nativity Stamp

It is a joy to see the USPS 2016 Christmas Nativity Stamp that debuted on November 03, 2016. Happy Monday!  We are kicking off the new week with looking at the Nativity Forever Stamp.  It is in a booklet of 20 Forever stamps. USPS

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Vintage Sugar Plum Fairy Nutcracker Cards
Helen Rittersporn

Vintage Sugar Plum Fairy Nutcracker Cards

On this Sunday we are looking at these beautiful Vintage Sugar Plum Fairy Nutcracker Cards over at Etsy. A lovely set of vintage Christmas Greeting Cards! “There are two sets available each with twelve cards featuring six different styles. Buy one or both, for

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A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa
Helen Rittersporn

A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa

On this Saturday it is fun to discover the combination of Muppets Christmas Letters Santa and Post Office in “A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa”.    The 2008 hour-long Christmas special finds “the Muppets mistakenly intercepting three letters sent by children to Santa Claus

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Charlie Brown Christmas
Helen Rittersporn

Cooper’s A Charlie Brown Christmas tree & stamps

This morning I’ve got Cooper’s A Charlie Brown Christmas tree & stamps on my mind.  Going into the weekend there are letters to write to insert into Christmas cards. My news these days includes sharing we are contemplating getting a MUCH shorter Christmas tree this

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Remembering Pearl Harbor on 75th Anniversary
Helen Rittersporn

Remembering Pearl Harbor on 75th Anniversary

On this solemn day, December 7, 2016, Remembering Pearl Harbor on 75th Anniversary is our blog post topic. At the PearlHarbor75thAnniversary website, it is “…the official website commemorating National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day and the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.” The image being shown

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