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.
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross was written in 1707 by the same person who wrote the popular Christmas carol “Joy to the World”. The story of how Isaac Watts came to write not only this hymn but “an astonishing 750 hymns” during his life
“St. Matthew Passion” by Bach is our blog topic today on Good Friday 2016. This intro sentence from a 2014 NPR Music Makers article caught my eye: “Johann Sebastian Bach wrote his St. Matthew Passion for a single purpose — to present the Passion
Maundy Thursday 2016 finds me beginning an annual addendum to last year’s Maundy Thursday blog post and suggest this weekend we make the time to watch The Waltons “The Easter Story” Season One Finale Episode from 1973. When I look at what I posted last year I still
3D bulky lumpy dimensional mail is today’s Wednesday blog topic. Today we look at two sites as a sample of ideas for 3D mail, of what it is and how to best use it with our own letters. It is to expand upon Monday’s
Morse Code Themed Stationery is today’s Tuesday blog topic. Today marks daily blog post #391 and before marking the 400th milestone on March 31 I wanted to be sure to include this fun topic today. It is fun to see so many options
Spring Monday Mailbag welcomes us here at Anchored Scraps that includes some ideas for items to include in your Easter cards, and this reminder. There is still time to order First-Day-of-Issue Postmarks for the new Botanical Art Forever Stamps that came out in January. Have you gotten any of
Sending Spring eGreetings is our First Day of Spring blog post today on Palm Sunday. Today includes looking at Sending Spring eGreetings at the Dayspring site. Sending Spring eGreetings Over at Dayspring ECard Studio they offer free inspirational messages. I tried it out today at lunch
Commemorative 1966 Circus Stamp is perfect given it is Saturday and the movie The Greatest Show on Earth (about circus life) took home an Oscar on this day for Best Picture on March 19, 1953. Commemorative 1966 Circus Stamp Today’s blog post is short &
