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.
Mother’s Day is a week from today so we are continuing from last Sunday with looking at three more USPS stationery sets available, perfect letter writing gift options! First, blogging about today’s topic is a little bit of a challenge for me given my
May the Fourth Be With You as we look at this 2007 41c Star Wars Fleetwood First Day Cover. Before beginning, it was really sad yesterday learning of the passing of Peter Mayhew (age 74). I’m including the BBC News article link Peter Mayhew:
I’m seeing a First Edition copy of “A Picture Postcard History of Baseball” by Ron Menchine. “A selected historical view of baseball from the early 1900’s to the late 1950’s. Also included reference information for the postcard collector.” The Introduction is by Ernie Harwell.
On May 10 at Promontory Summit in Utah, the USPS is having their first-day-of-issue for the Transcontinental Railroad Stamps. They are commemorating “… the 150th anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad … with a magnificent set of Forever stamps.” One can pre-order
Letter Writing Among May Flowers Stationery Inspiration seems a perfect blog title for kicking off this glorious spring day! With it being May 1st I LOVE to think of Julie Andrews singing from the Original Broadway production of “Camelot” “Tra la! It’s May! …
Greetings on this Tuesday morning as we wrap up the month with my AnchoredScraps April 2019 Daily Blog Recap. Just as we do every day celebrating letter writing, in addition, the month of April is the formally recognized National Card & Letter Writing Month
The World’s Smallest Post Service Brick and Mortar Kickstarter is currently underway until May 5, 2019. It is by LeafCutter Designs’ Lea Redmond. Happy Monday! World’s Smallest Post Service Brick and Mortar Kickstarter The All or nothing Kickstarter has six days to go with
The USPS Gifts of Friendship Notecards are a great option for considering for Mother’s Day with beautiful dogwood and cherry trees. I still remember the rows of cherry trees about to burst into bloom while visiting Tokyo, Japan for a week during April 1998
