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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45 days to 2017 and Thanks Booksmarks
Helen Rittersporn

45 days to 2017 and Thanks Booksmarks

On this Wednesday morning, I’m mindful we have 45 days to 2017 and Thanks Bookmarks to include in our Thanksgiving cards and letters.  We continue our focus this week on expressing our Thankfulness in our Letters. Over at Mochabaydesign there is a great variety

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Sending Homefront Hugs Holiday Cards
Helen Rittersporn

Sending Homefront Hugs Holiday Cards

Today we have the time-sensitive opportunity to participate in Sending Homefront Hugs Holiday Cards to our US Troops overseas. You know those hand-drawn turkeys we talked about the past two days to include with our Holiday cards?   Here’s a great opportunity to include

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2016 Annual Hand Turkey Competition
Helen Rittersporn

2016 Annual Hand Turkey Competition

Calling all kids at heart – the 2016 Annual Hand Turkey Competition is open at By A Show Of Hands.   Yesterday’s blog post was on Writing Thankfulness Letters, I included talk of including hand-drawn turkeys in my letters this week. Can you believe? There

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Writing Thankfulness Letters
Helen Rittersporn

Writing Thankfulness Letters

Before the Holiday rush begins, I’m focused on Writing Thankfulness Letters in the week ahead. And I am including How to Make a Hand Turkey so you can include with your letters! It was a delight to find at the dollar store yesterday a

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Saturday Puzzles & Jigzone Puzzle Postcards
Helen Rittersporn

Saturday Puzzles & Jigzone Puzzle Postcards

With less than two weeks to Thanksgiving, Saturday Puzzles & Jigzone Puzzle Postcards is today’s blog topic.  Three fun puzzle letter writing items today! We’ve got a 1000-piece puzzle of the Smithsonian U.S. Postage Historical Stamp Collection.  There is a blank 5×7 postcard-sized puzzle

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Veterans Day - November 11, 2016
Helen Rittersporn

Veterans Day – November 11, 2016

Today is Veterans Day – November 11, 2016. The Veterans Day card I sent in the snail mail over the weekend should be arriving by today. The US Postal Service has a great summary of Military Postage Stamps Honor Those Who Serve on Veterans Day.

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Sesame Street How Postage Stamps Are Made
Helen Rittersporn

Sesame Street How Postage Stamps Are Made

Sesame Street How Postage Stamps Are Made is our blog topic today with Sesame Street debuting on this day in 1969. The 1999 Sesame Street stamp shown is from the 1970s Celebrate the Century Series. Today is also the 241st birth date for the Marine

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