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. 

AnchoredScraps Blog Posts

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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Make Your Own Etch a Sketch Note Card
Helen Rittersporn

Make Your Own Etch a Sketch Note Card

On this Saturday we are looking at How to Make Your Own Etch a Sketch Note Card & I’ve located the discontinued Etch-a-Sketch Classic Game Pen that can still be found online. It is a working version of a real Etch-a-Sketch in pen form, one

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First Supersonic Flight Stamp
Helen Rittersporn

Chuck Yeager & First Supersonic Flight Stamp

Today finds us celebrating Chuck Yeager & First Supersonic Flight Stamp commemorating the October 14, 1947, fantastic achievement.   You are already probably thinking of the 1983 movie “The Right Stuff”. “Chuck” Yeager became the first pilot to break the sound barrier.”   This past February

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100 cards for 100th birthday
Helen Rittersporn

Participate in 100 cards for 100th birthday & LWA

Today’s an opportunity to help participate in a request I saw for realizing 100 cards for 100th birthday for Miss Phoebe. When I came across this blog post over at the Scribbling Glue I’m happy to see there is still time to help promote the request for

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2017 Typewriter Calendar Kickstarter Underway
Helen Rittersporn

2017 Typewriter Calendar Kickstarter Underway

You too can get in on participating as a backer for the 2017 Typewriter Calendar Kickstarter Underway.   It is running through Thu, Nov 3 2016 6:56 AM EDT. It is great fun seeing it blogged about over at The Typosphere. If you love Typewriters there

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