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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multi color paperclips on white background - Encouraging Letter Writing enclosures blog post
Helen Rittersporn

Encouraging Letter Writing enclosures

With summer officially here I’m encouraging Letter Writing enclosures in our mail we send out over the next few weeks. Happy Tuesday!  First of all, I find myself needing to write several letters and have decided now is a GREAT time to go ahead

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Summer Soltice - Summer Mon Mailbag Soda Fountain Favorites
Helen Rittersporn

Summer Mon Mailbag Soda Fountain Favorites

On this first day of summer we are kicking off the week with Summer Mon Mailbag Soda Fountain Favorites.   Today is the first day of summer! Just in time for summer now available for pre-order are the Soda Fountain Favorites US Stamps; these

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1991 29cent Fishing Flies image _ for Fathers Day 2016 remembering going fishing blog post
Helen Rittersporn

Fathers Day 2016 remembering going fishing

On this Fathers Day 2016 remembering going fishing is what I’m remembering about my Dad today. This is my second Father’s Day without Dad and I’m remembering how much he loved to go fishing.  Thinking of this finds me with a very big smile on

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rural mailbox, for Secondhand Lions blog post
Helen Rittersporn

Secondhand Lions Letter

On this Father’s Day weekend I’m thinking of the movie Secondhand Lions from 2003.  The movie lovingly shows the unexpected path of two-Great Uncles raising their great nephew.  He comes to visit for the summer in 1962 at their rural Texas farm.  You will love watching

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1987 Fathers Day Envelope Cachets
Helen Rittersporn

1987 Fathers Day Envelope Cachets

Happy Friday as we take a quick look at the 1987 Fathers Day Envelope Cachets with the “Love You, Dad!” US Stamp. In my blog post last year going into Father’s Day weekend it featured the 1987 22¢ Love You, Dad! US Stamp issued on April

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Barbershop Quartet Fathers Day ecard
Helen Rittersporn

Barbershop Quartet Fathers Day ecard

You will want to see the newly announced Jacquie Lawson Barbershop Quartet Fathers Day ecard.  It has been created just in time for Father’s Day, and also can be used for birthdays and congratulations.  Here at AnchoredScraps back in April we had Barbershop Quartets included for

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Helen Rittersporn

Fathers Day ecards

Today there are three sites I wanted to mention for sending out your Fathers Day ecards for this Sunday – Millan.Net, Punchbowl, and BlueMountain – all with free ecard options.  Wanted to mention that free can mean in some cases “free trial”. If you haven’t already gotten

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The Star-Spangled Banner 2014 stamp - Flag Day 2016 with Francis Scott Key Letter
Helen Rittersporn

Flag Day 2016 with Francis Scott Key Letter

Today’s blog post is Flag Day 2016 with Francis Scott Key Letter to his friend John Randolph which describes “the circumstances which inspired him to write “The Star Spangled Banner”.   The subject for today’s blog post means it is one of my longer blog posts and

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