bitterness: trixie delicious + paper stories + subversive cross stitch

has anne taintor opened the doors for all those things you wish you could say but won't? and what is it about vintage that makes spouting nasty zingers seem almost sweet and ladylike? i was etsying and came across these gems. i mean really...why hold back?



trixie delicious has some great "vandalized vintage" at her etsy shop. check out the seven deadlly sins set and her nerd & dork cake plates.





paper stories has a letterpress bittersweet notecard set that i want to send to all my bad old room mates and evil boyfriends.





and of course...there's always subversive cross stitch. (ellen, linny and toni: for our future cross stitch group, maybe these should be our first attempts?)