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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Letter Writing Celebrating Chicago Cubs!
Helen Rittersporn

Letter Writing Celebrating Chicago Cubs!

Today on this Sunday it has found me looking ahead at a week full of Letter Writing Celebrating Chicago Cubs winning the National League Championship Series yesterday!  Those paper plates I was working on in my blog post yesterday were wanted for their round shape

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Snail-Mailing Paper Plate Letters
Helen Rittersporn

Snail-Mailing Paper Plate Letters

On this Saturday with a bit of whimsy, we are looking at Snail-Mailing Paper Plate Letters. My blog post topic for today began with looking for a round shaped card stock. I’m not wanting to cut out a circle but already have one done

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On Kawara Postcards: I Got Up
Helen Rittersporn

On Kawara Postcards _ I Got Up

It is fun to discover the On Kawara Postcards: I Got Up  that were on exhibit last year at the Guggenheim. On this day – October 21, 1959, the Guggenheim Museum opened in New York City. The I Got Up series of postcards:  2 different recipients –

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Early Ballot Box 1977 stamp
Helen Rittersporn

Early Ballot Box 1977 stamp

Today’s blog post is on the 3¢ Early Ballot Box 1977 stamp given last night completed the 2016 Presidential Debates in this election year.   Here in North Carolina Early voting begins today. The wording on the stamp is “To Cast a Free Ballot—a Root

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First-Class Mail Shape-Based Template
Helen Rittersporn

First-Class Mail Shape-Based Template

Today’s blog post is on discovering yesterday the real-life-application for needing my very own First-Class Mail Shape-Based Template.  To cut to the punchline – Their “Thickness slots help you determine if your mailpiece is a letter, flat or package”. Previous blog topics have included

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Florentine Madonna and Child Forever Stamp
Helen Rittersporn

Florentine Madonna and Child Forever Stamp

You will be thinking Christmas in October seeing this beautiful Florentine Madonna and Child Forever Stamp being issued today. On this Tuesday, October 18th, the Forever Stamp First-Day-of-Issue Dedication Ceremony is scheduled for 12:00 PM Eastern.  It will be at the Smithsonian National Postal

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AnchoredScraps.com 600th Daily Blog Post Today
Helen Rittersporn

AnchoredScraps.com 600th Daily Blog Post Today

These last 100 daily blog posts have flown by since July 9th finding us now at AnchoredScraps.com 600th Daily Blog Post Today !   Happy Monday as we kick off the new week.  Probably one of the contributors to this sense of time flying

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Use All The Crayons book by Chris Rodell
Helen Rittersporn

use ALL the Crayons! book by Chris Rodell

We are sliding into home plate today with our daily blog topic #599 use ALL the Crayons! book by Chris Rodell.   This book has been on my list of blog topics to include prior to my #600th daily blog post tomorrow! This book

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