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.
Star Trek stamps are among the new U.S. Stamp designs just announced for 2016! Welcome to 2016 here at AnchoredScraps.com. It is fun that yesterday’s blog post included my reference to the “The Trouble with Tribbles” 1967 episode from the television classic Star Trek. The Postal Service
“Auld Lang Syne” is synonymous with New Year’s Eve. There have been so many things competing for inclusion in today’s final blog post (#309) for 2015 on this New Year’s Eve – two have won out: “Auld Lang Syne” & Tribbles! Before we get started please
Letters of Appreciation is today’s blog post topic! To be on the receiving end of opening our mailbox and being greeted with real snail mail is an unexpected treat. It is important to share and encourage our family and friends and letters of appreciation
“Writing Letters of Kindness to the Elderly” is a 21-day kindness challenge beginning at the end of January. It is being hosted by Love for the Elderly – which encourages people to anonymously write letters of kindness; at the time the nonprofit organization was founded in 2013 by Jacob
Cursive handwriting is today’s blog topic and one I will be spending time on next year with including exploring Spencerian system of penmanship, Palmer Method of penmanship, and the McGuffey’s Readers lessons still available. Today we are looking at something overlooked and (probably) under practiced – our cursive
The Radio City Music Hall first opened on December 27, 1932 and when I first read that the imagery it brought to mind was from a scene in the movie “Annie” (1982). In that scene Annie is taken for a night out to the Radio City Music Hall that
Today has found us the day after Christmas and – if like me you found yourself making ‘notes to self’ that next year to get an early start and be more prepared with your Christmas stationery – then today’s blog post (although) short can be
Merry Christmas 2015! This year saw the 50th anniversary of “A Charlie Brown Christmas” recognized with a commemorative booklet of stamps that feature 10 scenes from the classic TV special. Fifty years! Today marks 50 years ago the Paul Harvey Christmas Day Broadcast of his from 1965, it
