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

On the horizon

On the horizon is today’s blog post topic on this Monday as we kick-off the new week! On the horizon The question was asked today by a dear friend (and email blog subscriber here at AnchoredScraps) if I knew what my plans were for continuing to

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Helen Rittersporn

AnchoredScraps Sunday Mail bag

The AnchoredScraps Sunday Mail bag is today’s blog post topic. We are looking at some updates from previous blog posts here and a look ahead! AnchoredScraps Sunday Mail bag Happy Sunday! First of all, it was a delight to receive a real snail mail

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Helen Rittersporn

National Handwriting Day 2016

National Handwriting Day 2016 On this cold and wet Saturday you may be finding yourself reading this blog post using battery power or handwriting a letter by candlelight due to a winter storm!  You may not have perfect penmanship but it is yours and believe

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Helen Rittersporn

Charlie Brown Christmas Stamp Caption Contest

Can you say it three times fast? Charlie Brown Christmas Stamp Caption Contest    …   Charlie Brown Christmas Stamp Caption Contest   … Charlie Brown Christmas Stamp Caption Contest Now through February 26 over at Linn’s Stamp website they are having a February cartoon caption contest: Charlie Brown.  

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Helen Rittersporn

Recycled Calendar Stationery

Recycled Calendar Stationery is today’s blog post topic with a frugal slant to our letter writing all while being green by re-using page-a-day calendar pages to create note cards and envelopes. Over the past week I have been enjoying recycling pages from last year’s page-a-day

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Helen Rittersporn

10 Thousand Red Pears Stamps

There are 10 Thousand Red Pears Stamps in the new 10-cent Definitive Stamps coil of stamps issued on January 17, 2016. This was the same day as the newPostage Rate Increase. Back on January 1st my blog post was on the Postal Service Previews 2016 Stamps which includes this stamp. 10 Thousand

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Helen Rittersporn

Postage Rate Increase

Postage Rate Increase is today’s Tuesday blog post topic at AnchoredScraps.com. There are new postage rates being implemented for several mail classes and special services; however, First Class Mail Letters (1 oz.) rates will not increase.  The reason the rates started on Sunday, January 17th,

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Helen Rittersporn

“Letter from Birmingham Jail”

With today being Martin Luther King, Jr. Day observed my blog post is about his famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail” written on April 16, 1963. It was fascinating to read “King wrote the letter on the margins of a newspaper, which was the only paper

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