Strawberry Shortcake
Overview
American Greetings
American Greetings Corporation, Inc. is the world's largest publicly-traded greeting card company. It is based in Brooklyn, Ohio and sells paper greeting cards, electronic greeting cards, party products , and electronic expressive content...
, originally used in greeting card
Greeting card
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s and expanded to include doll
Doll
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s, poster
Poster
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s, and other products. The Strawberry Shortcake properties also include a toy line of the character's friends and pets.
The original design of Strawberry Shortcake and her cat
Cat
The cat , also known as the domestic cat or housecat to distinguish it from other felids and felines, is a small, usually furry, domesticated, carnivorous mammal that is valued by humans for its companionship and for its ability to hunt vermin and household pests...
, Custard
Custard (disambiguation)
Custard is the name given to a range of preparations based on milk and eggs, thickened with heat.Custard can also refer to:* Bird's Custard , a type of eggless "custard" dessert typically based on cornflour , and popular in Britain* Custard , the Australian band* Custard Records, a record label*...
was done in 1977 by Muriel Fahrion
Muriel Fahrion
Muriel Fahrion is an American illustrator, who is well known for being the original designer of the famous girl's toy Strawberry Shortcake. She is married to Michael Fahrion and has two adult children.- Career history :...
during her time as a greeting card illustrator at American Greetings' Juvenile & Humorous card department.
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