Little Addiction's Birthday Cat Girl

We'll be honest: When we heard that Elizabeth Howard makes "mixed-media art dolls" we were not enthused. Sounded very PTA craft fair, and not in a good way. But check out Birthday Cat Girl, on sale in her etsy store for just $25. Or if you swear you're just looking,...

By Amy Silverman

April 30, 2010

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We'll be honest: When we heard that Elizabeth Howard makes "mixed-media art dolls" we were not enthused. Sounded very PTA craft fair, and not in a good way.

But check out Birthday Cat Girl, on sale in her etsy store for just $25.

Or if you swear you're just looking, here's Howard's blog. The Phoenix-based artist calls her business Little Addictions. Indeed. We dare you to try to keep yourself from buying one.

Wonder if she can make a jackalope?

Amy Silverman is the former managing editor of Phoenix New Times. She is a two-time winner of the Arizona Press Club’s Journalist of the Year award. Her work has appeared on the radio show This American Life and in the New York Times, the Washington Post, Lenny Letter, and Brain, Child.

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