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 last day of July we are closing out the month with July 2016 AnchoredScraps Daily Blog Recap. “A perfect summer day is when the sun is shining, the breeze is blowing, the birds are singing, and the lawn mower is broken.” -James Dent Can you hear
On this Saturday morning we are having fun looking at oversized Vintage Kellogg’s Summer Camp Postcards which includes Yogi Bear! The image shown upper left is around 1963, and features Yogi Bear in a camp scene. “Yogi is bringing home a collection of wildlife, including a skunk A
On this Friday morning you too will be thinking neither rain nor sleet nor spiders when seeing this adorable short letter written to the Royal Mail asking for their Postman to handle disposing of a spider, “seemingly holding my mail hostage.” “Dear Mr. Postman! Beholder
Today, July 28, 2016 finds celebrations underway with Beatrix Potter 150th Anniversary Special Stamps over at the Royal Mail. I’ve also included a free five-page download Beatrix Potter 150th Birthday card from the Beatrix Potter website, a newly just posted YouTube by Lindeth Howe, and
Today we are looking at the newly released book How the Post Office Created America A HISTORY by Winifred Gallagher. The 336 pages book was released on June 28, 2016. With yesterday being the day in 1775 that the US postal system was established the timing
You will want to see the upcoming Songbirds in Snow Forever stamps debuting in August. It was just two days ago and I’m still hearing the sounds of birds from Sunday’s blog post here on Sibley Backyard Birding Postcards. On August 04 the U.S. Postal Service
We are kicking off the new week with looking at The Original TYPE-O-MATIC hand typed letters service. It is promoted as “…the only confidential, hand-typed transcription and postal service with online ordering – on the planet.” From the TYPE-O-MATIC website: “It could’t be
On This Sunday morning its Sibley Backyard Birding Postcards, sounds of bird songs, and our bird dog Cooper! While listening to the sounds of the below Bird Songs of Eastern, Central N. America it is endearing to watch our puppy Cooper investigating! His natural bird dog tendencies has him
