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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Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Letters
Helen Rittersporn

Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Letters

Today is Election Day 2016 and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington Letters is today’s blog post topic.  The 1939 classic movie starring Jimmy Stewart, Jean Arthur, and Claude Rains by Frank Capra you have probably already seen at least twice! Today’s blog post message is

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Zippy Snailmail To Send Letterwriting stamps
Helen Rittersporn

Zippy Snailmail To Send Letterwriting stamps

We are kicking off the week with these Zippy Snailmail To Send Letterwriting stamps that arrived this past week via Etsy.  One is for Mr. Zip, another Snailmail, and the third one for highlighting To recipient. Enclosed are photos I have taken this evening using

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Embracing spontaneity
Helen Rittersporn

Embracing spontaneity

Being given the opportunity just now to be whisked off for a surprise outing I have embracing spontaneity on my mind for today’s blog post topic!    My message today is take advantage of them! Today’s is the second time in over 600 daily

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Saturday Socks Thief Cooper Letters
Helen Rittersporn

Saturday Socks Thief Cooper Letters

If you know our puppy Cooper then today’s blog post topic of Saturday Socks Thief Cooper Letters makes perfect sense. Cooper is a sock thief and Saturday mornings find him extra enthusiastic about demonstrating this talent. Happy Saturday morning!  Before we get started don’t forget

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Fountain Pen Day 2016
Helen Rittersporn

Fountain Pen Day 2016

Today is two days in one: Fountain Pen Day 2016 and ‘World Champion Chicago Cubs Day’ for November 4, 2016! The Cubs will be celebrating with a parade this morning! Happy Friday!  It is already a year since covering Fountain Pen Day 2015! Fountain Pen Day takes

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Chicago Cubs 2016 World Series Champions
Helen Rittersporn

Chicago Cubs 2016 World Series Champions !

What an exciting pinnacle last night for Game 7 with today’s blog post on Congratulating Chicago Cubs 2016 World Series Champions ! #FlyTheW ! Today on this Thursday, November 3rd, wraps up my 12 days blog post journey of baseball-letter-writing-themed posts ! Daily blog posts

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Handwritten baseball fan note
Helen Rittersporn

Handwritten baseball fan note

Our baseball-themed blog post topic is Handwritten baseball fan note.  Tonight is Game 6 of the World Series 2016! The stamp shown is the 1969 Professional Baseball 6¢ USPS stamp.   Happy Tuesday! Over at ESPN.com, there is an article from yesterday on Just Another

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