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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Presidential stamps puzzle 1000 pieces #2029
Helen Rittersporn

Presidential Stamps Puzzle 1000 Pieces

Greetings to you with the Presidential Stamps Puzzle 1000 pieces! With the 2020 U.S. Presidential Elections a little more than two weeks away, the timing seems perfect for today’s blog topic. While the puzzle does not even come up in the search results at

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Anoka Halloween Capital 100 Years book #2028
Helen Rittersporn

Anoka Halloween Capital 100 Years book

Later this month the Anoka Halloween Capital 100 Years book arrives. It commemorates the “Anoka Halloween 100th Anniversary: 1920-2020” in Anoka, Minnesota. If the name of the city sounds familiar, four years ago we were looking at it because it was the site of

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Jack O Lantern 2020 Greetings Printable #2027AnchoredScraps
Helen Rittersporn

JackOLantern 2020 Greetings Printable

The JackOLantern 2020 Greetings Printable is one I have created for our letter writing use. And with a nod to the Coronavirus I’ve included masks on the Jack O Lanterns. Also, in case you are looking for related themed stamps, I include the USPS

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fall time backups
Helen Rittersporn

Fall time backups

Fall time backups is our timely topic today, especially as my main computer is STILL having mandatory windows updates made to it! At this point, my windows updates are only at 27%, and this is after over six hours into the process! And it

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Bridging to the next milestone #2025
Helen Rittersporn

Bridging to the next milestone #2025

Bridging to the next milestone is fitting for our title for so many reasons, today is blog post #2025! Just as I did with my first blog post here back on February 26, 2015, I concluded that post by sharing, “Over time I know

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Letters mingle souls 1974 cachet_AnchoredScraps Blog Post #2024
Helen Rittersporn

Letters mingle souls 1974 cachet

Receiving my very own Letters mingle souls 1974 cachet as a surprise gift was so much fun receiving it.  Earlier this month at the Wilmington Philatelic Society, it was given to me by stamp club buddy Tim. Instantly upon receiving it I knew it

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The Fountain Pen Quest Blog #2023
Helen Rittersporn

Discovering The Fountain Pen Quest Blog

On this last Sunday of the month, I’m sharing about discovering The Fountain Pen Quest blog by Ray Newbery; last month celebrating their 8th year blog anniversary! I’m hoping with it being Sunday (and perhaps a few extra minutes than during the workweek) you

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