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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Helen Rittersporn

Two Gardeners Friendship in Letters

Two Gardeners Friendship in Letters we are looking at today.  With it being National Letter Writing Month I’ve been tucking in a packet of garden seeds into some of my letters and note cards thinking of Spring and gardens. How wonderful it is to

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Helen Rittersporn

National Volunteer Week 2016

This week is National Volunteer Week 2016, from April 10 – 16.    With it falling during National Letter Writing Month this is a great opportunity to combine the two – our letter writing and volunteer. There are two organizations that come to mind that would welcome

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Helen Rittersporn

British History in Thirty-six Postage Stamps

British History in Thirty-six Postage Stamps is our blog title based on 2013 book “A History of Britain in Thirty-six Postage Stamps” by Chris West. Whether you are wanting to linger over morning coffee / cup of tea  or if you find yourself rushing out

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Helen Rittersporn

Barbershop Quartet email attachment

Barbershop Quartet email attachment kicks off our Monday with today, April 11, being National Barbershop Quartet Day. It was great fun discovering that it was a photo of his barbershop quartet that Nathaniel Borenstein included along with a short audio of them singing about MIME to his

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Helen Rittersporn

Alan Jay Lerner Letters

Today with it being Sunday and being able to slow the pace down a little I wanted to mention a book I have ordered about Alan Jay Lerner Letters, it is entitled: Alan Jay Lerner – A Lyricist’s Letters by Dominic McHugh published in 2014. With all of the rain

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Helen Rittersporn

Astronaut Alan Shepard Letter

Astronaut Alan Shepard Letter that he wrote to his parents is our blog topic today given on this day April 9, 1959 NASA introduced America’s First Astronauts for Project Mercury. Here we have a letter written by him just a few months prior to

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Helen Rittersporn

Post Mark Collectors Club

Post Mark Collectors Club is our blog topic today exploring collecting postmarks and postal history – the group was founded in 1946.   Happy Friday! Today we are just covering some highlights.  Their scope is massive and I can see returning in a future blog

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Helen Rittersporn

Mr Zip Vintage Novelty Items

Mr Zip Vintage Novelty Items is our AnchoredScraps.com blog topic today with Mr. Zip US Mail Lunchbox, 1963 Mailbox Tin Bank, and Vintage Pinback Button. From my June blog post last year on Mr. Zip – “In 2013, the Post Office re-introduced Mr. ZIP to

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