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.
Today’s blog post is short and sweet with an ode to the vintage label maker! Did you ever have the opportunity to get lost in the process of using up all of the tape roll ? And make labels for everything! I recall using
About two months ago this poem by Mother Teresa was shared with me and so I have been waiting for her birthday to post it – which is today – she would have been 105 years old. This poem speaks for itself and I am glad to
Have you recently taken a good look at the different mailboxes out there? They can take on their own art form. Over the course of this Summer I’ve been receiving photos from friends of mail boxes while on their vacations – which got me exploring
Welcome to Monday on AnchoredScraps.com. This morning included the sounds of the school bus pulling up to load the neighbors children signaling “Back to School” after a summer hiatus. There were the sounds of the school bus slowing down and halting, the pause, and then hearing the
It is a delight to find the 1999 U.S. Stamp of Lerner & Loewe – they are the team whose work included Brigadoon, Gigi, My Fair Lady, and Camelot. It is one of six stamps from the U.S. Stamps Commemorative issue – American Music Series –
Happy Saturday! My first order from JetPens.com arrived yesterday in the mail and what a treat! Are you already familiar with the site? They describe themselves as “JetPens.com is the source of sought-after writing instruments from Japan and all around the world.” I had signed up
Back on May 30 I blogged about “Dad’s typewriter” and that I had found a place to have it get a ‘spa’ treatment/tune-up. Today I’m here to share with you how important it is to have a Plan B – Backup Plan and to recognize at times when
Today has seen a lot of fun things with the stamp world: 1) the new U.S. stamps for the remainder of 2015 and 2016 were revealed – including Charlie Brown Christmas stamps, 2) there were two Forever stamps unveiled, and 3) all of this was done at the American
