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.
On this Wednesday morning, we are recalling August 2016 AnchoredScraps Daily Blog Recap! Although I glimpsed a school bus driving through the neighborhood on Monday I’m holding off on back to school until after this Labor Day weekend! “Summer’s lease hath all too short
Today’s blog post is a collection of seventy-seven stories with Put A Stamp On It Herman Herst Jr book. The stories showcase “…How Stamps Have Intercepted Historical Events.” It arrived in my mailbox last week – the book came out in June 2016.
This early evening I’m Remembering Gene Wilder & Pure Imagination given the sad news this afternoon. Gene Wilder passed away today, August 29, 2016 at age 83. I’m including this wonderful photo of him with his late wife Gilda Radner from 1986. There is
On this Sunday we are pawsing – Making time for the dog days of summer 2016. We’ve got the story of Owney – the Railway Mail Service Mascot from the late 19th century. Earlier this month we covered the US Postal Service debuting the New Pets Forever Stamps on
On this Saturday morning we are enjoying Pipsticks Amazing Printable Postcards available for free downloading. I’ve included two YouTube videos of a subscriber unboxing the Kids Pack, and Pro Pack for August which is fun! “Pipsticks sends monthly sticker packs to its subscribers around the world.”
Given how much fun different stationery font types are I’m happy to know the TypeCon2016 Annual Conference August 24 – 28 continues this weekend. Happy Friday! My first introduction to learning about fonts were with the different manual typewriters in high school typing class. There is still
With today August 25, 2016 celebrating the National Park Service Centennial it is a delight to share Grand Canyon Postal Service Mule Mail. There is a children’s book about the Grand Canyon Mule Train Mail. The National Postal Museum has a great
On this Wednesday get ready to feel like you are preparing for your college exams with UCL My Text In Your Handwriting. It is about some amazing work at the University College London. The “UCL computer scientists have developed software which may spark the comeback of
