2024 Doll Goals/Resolutions

• stop impulse-buying wigs and shoes. I have too many.

 

• Save up for DollZone Snow
• Try to make one prop for Little Snow with my 3D Printer.
• Buy one seasonal/alt outfit for Little Snow (Halloween, Pajamas, Christmas Sweater, etc)
• Take pictures of her ❤️

I'm a first time doll owner and so excited, but trying to pace myself with little goals. I cannot wait to meet her.

 

Doll Goals in no particular order of importance or promise of getting anything done on them.

- Custom head for my Bimong doll
- Custom head for my Huajing doll when I buy him and he gets here. (in progress)
- Faceups & wigs for both of them.
- Set of clothes for the Huajing boy. Project Thread Here
- Pants for everyone else. Possibly even shirts as well.
- Finish Jarrad & Dorea's faceups like I should have done last year.
- Finish the copper silk robe for elf Jude like I also should have done last year.
- Better photography setup & take more photos with the actual proper fancy camera rather than my phone.
- Figure out what I want to do with Lan and my Bimong Chuu head and do it.
- More armour & shoe making, that was fun and I really enjoyed it. Need ear protection though.
- BJD Horse. Also proper safety precautions for that.

 

These are things I wish I will get done but might not finish completely

- Faceups for everyone
- 1 complete set for everyone (outfit, shoes,wig, accesories)
- Bodies for my floating heads.. ehem... 9
- Learn how to sew and make wigs
- Possibly organize my collection and see if there are any I could rehome

 

My doll goals are customizing related:

Youpla Saddie - I have big plans to do historical (late 1700s France) dress and hair with realistic looking photos

Puyoodoll Baby Kumako and off topic 3D printed anime style doll head on Huajing body 1/6 - Jibaku Shounen cosplay as Nene and Hanako

Jacoosun Noise Rou 3 - Lady of the Lake / English/Irish Fairy style customization

DoDollsDream Teacup Lottie - Marie Antoinette inspired wardrobe and hair. I am also building a french 1700s diorama with fancy DIY furniture for her.

The side goal is no more doll related purchases. I can buy fabric/materials, but everything else must be hand made

 

Ah man... I have so many. I bought way too many supplies for projects this year and I'd like to get those done within the next year so lets see...

-lots and lots of sewing

1. Finishing the now 2 bunny suits for Naran
2. Sewing historic undergarments...also for Naran (and hopefully another..)
   
3. Completing Drossel's outfit (hat, coat, pants, socks, that silly street organ thing which I'm HOPING to be able to stuff a music box into to make it functional, shirt modifications)
4. Shorts that actually fit Kaede (he wears volks clothes but he's not as chunky as a volks msd)

-finishing the diorama

1. Settling on a wall design and then painting it
2. Crafting a fireplace
3. windows...doors...furniture..etc

-ordering a doll from maskcat and then all the sewing and coordinating a face-up that entails.

1. during the winter event ( I missed it last year and the year before we are nOT MISSING IT THIS TIME!!!!)

There's probably more, I'm too ambitious for my own good.

 

- Take more photos of my dolls & try to improve with that
- Commission someone to do a faceup for my El
- Practice wig making, face-ups, and sewing- and if I no longer want to, pass along my supplies to someone else

 

After the horrible mistake of promising and failing not to buy more dolls this year...
I have prepared some more sane doll goals for 2024:

• organize my doll and crafting stashes. maybe not perfection... just a little less chaos
  
• keep a diary of the things I make for my dolls
  
• sew a pair of bottoms and puppy ears for my incoming Huajing boy
• complete 2 school uniforms in progress: crochet cardigans, and sew pleated skirts, bows, socks
• get one or more doll stands for those who don't have them
  
• decide on a new image for my Guard Love girl
  
• try to boil reshape my AS elf ears to fit better
  
• make some doll profiles
  
• get a DDP body for my floating head
• make at least one accessory (any kind) for each doll

 

For me, I think these are my resolutions:

• Get stands for all of my dolls, if possible.
• Commission someone to redo the faceup for the floating head I have.
• Complete a base look/appearance (wig, eyes, clothes) for my 1/4 dolls.
• Practice faceups so that I can get better at them.
• Try not to buy anymore dolls! Maybe one or two heads can be allowed, but I'd like to cap off my collection.

 

Joining the 'in no particular order' crowd:

-finish Arrow's faceup and body work
-strip Aurum's faceup and body work and decide if I want to try to dye her or not
-medieval fantasy outfits for both of them, and for Clover
-keep practicing working with leather for boots/armor/accessories
-make doll profiles for both here and my own site
-find a better solution for having backdrops and floor pieces on easily on hand that doesn't lead to fold lines/wrinkles
-make more accessories
-work on some kind of interior set/backdrop/roombox/whatever you want to call it

 

• Do not buy any more dolls (until i have more storage space for them)
  
• Sew more things for dolls than I buy
• work my way through at least 1 of the 5 gallon tubs of fabric
• Get stands for dolls
• Find a body for my E-an
• Redo faceups for my romantic dillui and qianhedoll blind box
• Finish E-an's faceup

 

Maybe posting my goals publicly will help me stick to them...?

• Get faceups for the rest of my blank dolls done by an artist.
  
  
• Avoid purchasing dolls unless under a time restriction, or they are on my 'unobtainable grail' list and show up secondhand by some miracle.
  
  
• Fix the elastic channel in my Iplehouse Akando's thigh and get him put back together.
  
  
• Sewing. I have specific outfit plans that I should probably act upon, because I have non-standard sized dolls. I should probably empty my UFO box, too. It would expand my dolls' wardrobes greatly.
  
  
• Rework my fabric closet so that I can access and also put away things easily.
  
  
• Turn my spare room into a proper extension of my craft room, as well as a doll room.
  
  
• Catalog my collection, since I've invested a lot of money into it.

 

My 2024 doll plans:

-Rehome 2 full dolls and 2 or 3 heads, as I’m going a different direction in my collecting

- get bodies for two of my MSDs

- get faceups for 3 of my MSDs

- save for/ ultimately buy display cabinet for my dolls to live in

-enjoy dolls I have

-if finances allows it, I’d like to attend a doll con

I have one more doll that I probably won’t be able to get to next year but plans could change.

 

*sigh* I didn't get very far with my goals for this year, so my major goal for next year (early next year hopefully) is to finish customizing the two dolls I've been working on (finishing some mods, faceups, outfits).

My next one is to figure out a doll for my dnd character and her friend, which is a little :/ because i sort of impulsively started a layaway for a doll head but it's bigger than I was planning on going for my dnd dolls, and I'm not entirely sure it will work for her. So I guess I'll have to put any planning for that on hold for several months until the head gets here to decide

I hope i can get the doll I've been trying to sell sold this year, and if I decide the head won't work for my character, sell that too.

 

• Weed out my "to buy" bookmarks list
• Get more eyes and wigs in a variety of sizes/colors so I can try different things in new dolls
• Avoid buying any 1/3 or larger dolls (unless Dokkebi Garion in a tan resin is offered)
• Sell at least two SD dolls
• Get Cyprian his face up finally, for goodness' sake!

Not in any particular order, but that's what I'd like to do over the course of the next year.

 

In general my husband and I agreed to make 2024 a “low buy” year. Any new doll or accessory has to come from the sale of a doll. As for specifics I only want to collect fairy themed bjds and maybe a Fairyland fullset if the colors fit my collection.

I also plan to sell off a few dolls and items. I want to downsize my collection to my absolute favorites.

And I have list of sewing and knitting projects for the dolls that don’t have to get done next year, but I’ll set the goal to work on them!

Edited to add specifics:
• Finish sewing and knitting Mori girl outfits
• Sew Swan Lake themed ballet costume
• Create knitting patterns
• Hybrid DC Lydia on different body
• Faceups for Realpuki Roro and Huajing Doll Violetta
• Sew fairy themed outfit
• Resist buying new dolls!
• Sell everything I intend to.

 

I have a few goals, many of which are not related to actual doll plans.

• Restring and suede/kip my dolls. (Only some need restringing, but I want to suede/kip all of them.)
• Learn how to style wigs.
• Get proper paints for anime-style vinyl faceups.
  
• Sell some dolls/accessories as I'm running out of space and need to clean/reorganize my room.

Then, as for my doll plans, there are three dolls on my list as well as two Volks MDD bodies for some heads I already own.

 

2024 goals:
Get all my currents dolls completed before buying any more dolls! (Try to resist buying more dolls… I have no space and I need clothes more)
Organise my current doll items better. Put up new shelving. Purchase more doll stands.
Get some backdrops or something to allow me to do more full body doll photos.
I wasn’t going to purchase any dolls last year… that didn’t go so well. 2024 I will stay strong. (Unless Huajing release something really cute )

 

I would like to finish all the artwork on the dolls (especially th faceups).
I wish all my dolls had matching wigs, eyes, shoes and clothes.
I would like to get the Soom Super Gem Sabik head.
I would like to start working on 1/3 diorama.
I would like to be able to photograph BJD wedding in the first half of May 2024.