Pretty, Snarky Paper

For those days when I'm pretending to be a polite member of society, I have the requisite Good Paper. You know the drill - personalized notecards with the hefty paper weight, name prominently displayed in an inoffensive font*, of the sort that haughtily whispers, "Not only am I a responsible grown-up, but I don't (usually) get kicked out of Junior League meetings either."

*I never thought a font could be offensive until the Ed Hardy phenomenon. Who knew douchebags came with their own typeface?

The other days, the ones with friends where I can drop the adult act much to their dismay, call for a different sort of Good Paper. One such friend / reader has a birthday coming up, and so, armed with some web tips from favorite bloggers & paper gurus Maggie & Kate, I've set to the interwebs to find the appropriate, non-Hallmark-y missive.

Thanks to that alternate universe of crafty goodness known as Etsy, I bring you my favorites so far, the "Bittersweet Ink" line from Spark Stationery:

Take that, generic greeting cards - and you, Ed Hardy, just because.