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.
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
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
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
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.
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
Today our blog post topic is on the 1993 Handwritten Inauguration Day letter from Bush to Clinton. There is a tradition of the outgoing President to leave a note for the incoming President. From what I read the tradition dates back to Reagan. This
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
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
