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.
Did you have a stamp collection growing up? If you are finding yourself wanting to do something different before September is here – there is time to make plans for the American Philatelic Society (APS) StampShow, August 20-23, 2015. The event is to be held in Grand Rapids, Michigan (On
Today I wanted to share something fun to do in making our own pressed flowers and putting into our correspondence. This is something special, can take no money if we are resourceful, and be a big splurge and gift of your time for a special
With today being the day the “U.S. postal system established” in 1775, I thought it would be nice to find out more about the unofficial “motto” for the U.S. Postal System. But first, to read about the U.S. postal system being established by the Second Continental
Happy Saturday! Today is blog post #150 of having blogged daily since launching on February 26th! If you are able to carve out a few minutes this weekend I’m advocating spending some time just looking and walking around some old book stores/vintage stores/antiques & collectibles. This
As we go into the weekend I was recalling the movie “Born Yesterday” (1993) with Melanie Griffith, John Goodman and Don Johnson. The scene where she leads the dinner party in Washington, DC – to the tune of The 12 Days of Christmas –
Some of you when reading the Title for today’s blog post immediately thought of Paul Harvey Aurandt, better known as Paul Harvey. I recall hearing some of his famous “The Rest of the Story” segments broadcast on the radio. Today’s blog post could have been entitled “July
Today we are looking at two books, “Letters from Camp” by Bill Adler (1962), and “Kids’ e-mail & letters from camp” by Bill Adler, Jr. (2000). When reading today’s title did you immediately think about any letters YOU may have written to home from
Today on AnchoredScraps.com we are talking about Finishing the Projects we have started. You may have several projects underway around the house, for your hobby, in the garden – and yet somehow that little extra more effort has not been taken so the the project has not
