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.
The beautiful Paper Flower Cards and Envelopes: The Art of Mary Delany brings to mind thoughts of April Showers Bring May Flowers! Over at the British Museum blog they have a post from March 2019 on Late bloomer: the exquisite craft of Mary
Reading about the Star Wars Droids Stamps Arriving May 4th has me smiling, especially recognizing C-3PO and R2-D2! See if you already recognize why May 4 is the day for its arrival! I still enjoy the Postcard Book Star Wars Art: Ralph McQuarrie which
Having this photo for Cooper’s 2021 Easter Greetings is perfect timing for us today! Three years ago we were looking at Cooper’s Easter Greetings 2018, on April 1, that year. In writing today’s Easter blog post, I am cognizant this is my seventh Easter
We are anticipating National Letter Writing Month April 2021 which begins tomorrow, April 1st – no kidding! While I’m not personally striving to write thirty letters within thirty days next month it is wonderful knowing the annual tradition continues, albeit this year adjusting our
We have a very full blog post here and its a first for us, two surveys for us. Subsequently to posting my Wednesday blog post, I posted an Addendum and shared about the technical maze of issues encountered with its planned survey and so would
We are enjoying Richard Binder Fountain Pens Free e-Newsletter, along with our next AnchoredScraps survey! The survey is perfect for including as its focus is on what kind of letter writing tools do you use? The image I’m sharing is of the Nib Noise
USPS Stamps Retiring March 31, 2021 includes several from 2017. I still recall blogging about several of the retiring stamps. In the collage I put together and sharing it has images of the USPS Forever stamps: Purple Heart, Sally Ride, John F. Kennedy, Have
The Shrine of St Patrick 2021 Pictorial Postmark is available for requesting by mail the entire month of March, out of Kahoka, MO. If you are new to my blog, even though I began blogging in February 2015, it was not until after joining
