The idea of creating a new character became a much quieter voice in my head. Replacing it came freelancing, two children, a husband, designing luxury dollhouses and rose gardens. Kelly, age 2, watching Sesame Street. Then one day, the voice became louder. Now newly single, it was time to get back in touch with my inventor self. I decided to engineer a baby doll that grew. At Toys R Us, I bought a slew of dolls and began tearing them apart. However, missing were the final spri

"It's more fun to talk with someone who doesn't use long, difficult words but rather short, easy words like, 'What about lunch?'" I always worked better after lunch. In a think tank, needing to come up with a dynamite hit, well...sure put a lot of pressure on a girl. A hamburger helped. I began experimenting with drawing big heads and smaller bodies. I had always doodled eyes of all shapes on the corners of my notebook pages, sketch pads, and unopened bills. I decided to put