Bird Girls!

in this crazy circle of online artisans, we often meet people who inspire us like mad...these people create beautiful words, magnificent dresses, cuddly creatures, and all manner of other goodness which speaks to some often untouched part of our insides and instills a sense of fulfillment, a sense of longing, or perhaps, a glimmer of hope.

every once in a while, if you're lucky, you'll find a person who reacts to your art or craft the same way that you react to theirs. if you're truly blessed, you may find that that mutual admiration and inspiration will work beautifully together.

Toni Swedberg is one of my artistic blessings. about a year ago, when my poor little creative spirit was under assault, and my sense of self-belief was at an all time low, Toni contacted me and asked if i might consider doing a collaborative project with her. she even called me an artist which was the highest praise i could hope to receive. it's taken a very, very long time, but *my life is nuts, as you know* we are FINALLY at the hour of our collaborative debut!

with GREATEST pleasure, i introduce to you the Bird Girls (and one Bird Boy), a short line (there are only 10 of these lovlies) of special edition dolls and artistic collaboration between Cool Tricks and Imogen's Garden!!

i selected 10 fabrics and 10 names then sent them to Toni. she made 10 sweet little birds with names to match the girls and sent them back to me. now, i've made (or am making) the Moppets...and i've had such a wonderful time!

this friday at noon (PST), the first 3 bird girls will be flying into the shop: Raven, Henny (that's short for Henrietta), and Starling.

here's Henny...isn't she the cutest??

(more low-down on Toni and her super-nifty Bird Girl giveaway tomorrow!)