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.
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
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
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
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
