2024 Doll Goals/Resolutions

Love this thread! Thank you for making it!

Saaame..!

I think I tend to turn to doll spending when I feel stressed and lonely, especially since I moved abroad to study. But! I need to remember how expensive it was to haul my, relatively modest, collection across the globe when I moved here, and how much worse it'll be to ship it back home, as shipping from Sweden seems to be more expensive than in Korea, and not add any more dolls!!!
So! Goals are

• Facups that I'm happy with for all my dolls. So new faceups for everyone (again)
• Re-string all the MSDs
  
• New wigs for the whole crew
  
• Practice doll sewing
• Practice eye making
  
• Maybe learn some photography?

 

1: Clear my wig drawer. Far too many in many sizes I don't own anymore
2: Shoes.
3: Catch up on faceups.
4: Bodies (I have two rolling heads arriving)
5: Keep sewing stuff
6: Try to keep active in the hobby at a slow pace.
7: Make more pictures
8: Deepen my characters. Perhaps write a little story outline.
9: Trying to sell what I don't use/need anymore

 

• carry on impulse buying wigs and shoes. I can never have too many.

(I will actually make a proper list of goals closer to New Years, but it is likely to include this )

 

I’m pretty new to the hobby, but already have big plans…

- Payoff layaway for Baphomet
- Buy the head I’m eagerly waiting for BirdCube to put up for sale
- Buy body for aforementioned head
- Customize these two and my Berial/Jing hybrid I recently got. (Faceups, clothes, eyes, wigs, accessories, etc.)
- Going with the above, teach myself how to sew doll clothes.
- Build dioramas for my boys
- Save up any remaining pennies for the dream custom body I have in mind for Jing’s floating head.
- Resist the temptation to buy anything not on this list…

 

Nothing too ambitious or spectacular planned for me.

• Keep working on my dolls warderobes. My dolls are mostly well provided for, but there are a few blind spots in their warderobes.
• Make a serious attempt to get more into shoe making. I have a few hard to fit dolls.
• More photos. That's a wish, not a promise, I know myself.
• If not finish, then at least make some progress on my Maracreatures Ramunder. He is such an amazing doll, he deserves better than sitting alone and half dressed on a shelf. I have plenty of plans for him and no dead line, so it's a long term project. I want to give myself plenty of time to enjoy the process. But I don't want it to stand still.

That's it, I think.

 

My 2024 BJD Goals are:

In terms of new dolls-
I'm currently waiting on:

• Miracle Doll LanQi (Finally shipped! Arrived on 12/24/24)
• Dollzone The Hanged Man
• Dream Valley Freyja head and muscular body in red (Canceled)

Not buy more than 2 new dolls (I'm running out of space!)
(Bought a 3rd in June, oops) (and a 4th in August, oops again)

• Dream Valley Lucia Dragon Rider in tan (ordered February 1, arrived September 26)
• Fairyland Puki Puki Flora in BW (ordered March 9, arrived July 5)
• Creatures Dolls Absinthe (arrived June 14)
• Fairyland Dreaming Dark Elf Soo tan (head arrived August 16, body arrived August 29)

To-do plans

• Sell the 2-3 dolls I've decided to let go of (Sold 1 in August!)
• Sew more clothes Finished 8 mature tiny outfits/garments in January, Shabby Chic MSD outfit in February, YoSD Steampunk outfit in March, Mori MSD outfit in April, tiny outfit in May
• Do face-ups on at least some of my many blank dolls (re-did Leon's)
• Restring the mature tinies that have gotten floppy (restrung 4)
• Work on my artist cast Cirque de Fantomes Nekomata
• Post more Doll Profiles on DoA
• Work on finishing the dollhouse I have in progress for my Real Pukis
• Get suitable wigs and eyes for incoming new dolls
• Maybe re-organize and/or upgrade clothes storage
• Make or find more chairs for my gang (Found a plant stand wicker chair that fits the taller MSDs)

 

Once more, I am focusing on completing my collection, doing more doll crafting and doing more doll photography. It went really well for me this year and I believe I've been getting better and better at achieving my goals/plans these past few years. I'm interested in seeing how I improve next year!

Late December 2024 edit: I was too hopeful lol. This year was crazy busy for me, though, so I'm not surprised not much happened. Bolded purple text is how I fared at my goals.

(In no particular order)

• Re-string Pandora and Prudie.
  • Nope
• Finish/sort out the dolls who still need the the right eyes (Pandora, Prudie, Jiffy, Penny)
  • I know who's getting what - but between school, new job and postal strike, no decisions were made/commited to.
• Take more pictures - I actually did really good this year up until June, and then I was super sporadic in the last half - majority of these will be with the 2ndhand dslr I got back in June.
  • Overestimated my ability to take photos this year lolol. I'm going to change up my goal for the new year.
• Start up the database for all my doll info and then start the process of adding my collection to my homeowner's insurance/adding additional personal item insurance to my dolls.
  • I totally forgot this was a plan. But on the plus side, I enjoy creating pivot tables now, so this will be a fun activity in the future.
• Finish organizing my wigs, clothes, shoes, eyes and accessories.
  • I actually did this! Go me!
• Celebrate/acknowledge my first BJD's arrival (2024 is 10 years!)
  • Again, totally missed this. October was a busy month.
• Actually make my dolls things from all the materials I have lying around.
  • Of course I didn't!
• Send Pips out for a faceup (will this be the year? Who knows?!)
  • To be fair, I wasn't really expecting to get this done.
• Order Prim towards the end of 2024, OR get all my ducks in a row to order Prim sometime in 2025 (fun fact: currently Prim is my last fully planned out doll! I do have inklings and vague ideas for other potential dolls, but nothing as concrete as Prim!)
  • I did get Prim!

 

I don't usually have any set goals for any of my hobbies, it's not something I enjoy doing -- setting goals, seems like a chore and I like to keep my hobbies as things I enjoy. I took a huge break from working on completing the ones I was planning on modifying or repainting (years off! If not decades!). However, I hope that I can finally work on most of them in the new year (or begin before this year ends! I sincerely hope so, more than anything!). I am a procrastinator and having zero desire to purchase more additive mod materials (mostly epoxy clays), kind of keeps me from committing to working on some of my larger dolls. I did purchase one (last) BJD last year, and I still have full plans to continue working on him until I am happy. Although, I am also tempted to mod him a bit, I probably won't since he's tiny and I suck at the larger mods on bigger dolls' faces, I don't want to hate myself if I ruin a tiny doll that'll be a royal pain in the lower back to fix. However, I can still repaint him to my heart's content, and also attempt sewing, making even more wigs and hopefully shoes for him! I want to get the spark to work on my larger dolls, even if I don't want to purchase more clay that' will only go bad in its container for not using any substantial amount of it. I hate wastefulness. T___T;;;

I will regardless, still be able to repaint a bunch of my larger dolls I've neglected for years, and maybe even sew a few crappy pieces of clothing for a few of them as well. Even if I can't do additive mods on some, due to my lack of desire to be a wasteful a-hole. (:

 

I’ve been in this hobbie since 2015 on and off. But I am getting back into it now. I just got a secondhand Luts summer event head with glass resin eyes and face-up done. I have a wig on the way for her!

My big 2024 goal is to hopefully get her a body she’s a 1/4 MSD. ♥️

If I’m unable to do this I am wanting to get a few more heads either with face-up already done or get some without and look into some artists in the UK to do face-up for my dolls. ♥️

 

Last year I totally didn't follow my plan. Hoping this year goes better. This is definitely the year of "no more floating heads?" for me. (Note: already failed this..... sigh)

• Faceups for: Chloe, Bailu
  • Bailu, Chloe - done!
• Bodies for: Chloe, Bailu
  • Done for this year
• To sell: Done for this year!
  • Sold: Sisca, Hanlu head, Aquarius body, Lydia head, Jupiter head, Saeryun head, Drayton, Lonnie, DFH body, Ah In head, Hannah, Melanie head
• Hand blushing:
  • Nothing achieved, maybe next year?
• Dolls coming (not supposed to have happened, but I was weak!)
  • Myou Reid
    
  • Charm Doll Corne
  • SD16 body for Chloe
  • Sio2 Taolu

 

My goals are a bit 2024+ and not very serious, but:
Get a faceup portfolio together and start offering faceups
Order the two dolls for the FFXIV characters I want to do
3D resin printer
make better youtube videos

 

I always get anxious setting goals, so here's a simple one that I can hope to achieve in 2024 -

• Acquire more cats! Any size, anthro or otherwise.

 

I would like to organize my doll clothes and accessories. I'm also going to buy an Asleep Eidelon DingDang to be my Mildred Hubble from the Worst Witch. And MAYBE some more anime dolls. I have at least 2 floating heads to deal with it.

 

I was out of the hobby for several years, but I'm finally in a place to buy things for my dolls again, and I have a few resolutions!
• Order Snow's Delf body
• Restring Feather
• Order two wigs for Snow and one for Feather
• Nine9Style order for Snow
• Save up for F60 Moe Chloe for 2025
• Maybe order faceup supplies/paint Snow

These are my main goals, as in 2024 I'll be moving and I've got a lot of stuff coming up, but I'm really excited for my doll plans! ♡

 

I have completed some of my last year's resolutions, and tracing it monthly actually did help me

So, here I am again, this year:
1. sew, use up my fabric, beads, ribbons, lace and just enjoy the space (unless the then-made clothes will take over anyway lol)
Not completed

2. Get down to wig making too
Not completed

3. Cut down on the amount of things I have (including resin and some crafts/clothes/accessories I don't use)
Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr: Nothing In fact, I have bought another BJD head
May: SOLD a doll yay
Jun: listed 2 heads and 1 full doll for sale The heads were to be sold anyway, but the doll was the first in the queue of the dolls I "potentially" considered needing to go.
July: sold an off-topic doll, so it'll make space
Dec - sold 1 doll head YAY
4. make DoA doll profiles finally now that the faceups are done
Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr: Nothing
May: Created 1
Not completed

5. Take out my dolls for photos more often
Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr: YESSS
May, Jun: nothing
July: a very small but cute indoor photo session
Aug: a very cute outdoor session

then nothing, but maybe some minor 'selfie-like' pics of my dolls

Other than this, reconsider (still) my Barbie collection - it's been literally collecting dust for the past year and a half... No hard limits on new resin as long as I keep the 1 IN = 1 OUT rule lol

ETA: I added 2 new Barbies to my collection... so instead of shifting towards BJDs completely, it might seem like I did the opposite. However, I have plans to downsize there too. I'm so happy about how my BJD collection is starting to look: 2 realistics boy + girl couples and 1 unrealistic, beloved volks girl. And I want to keep it like that, because all of these dolls have specific personalities and styles and they're very developed (at least in my head).

 

I'm not sure I've ever made a yearly goal like this for myself but...it sounds like a great idea atm. Let's see if I can stick to it!!

Main goal as it has been for a long time for me: FINISH DOLLS
-Get bodies for floating heads (or sell floating heads)
-Get wigs, eyes, clothes, shoes for everyone
-Faceups!! I need to play some serious catchup on my own as well as many for my friends
-Try additive modding! I have elves in need of ears for a start

Other than that, I need to crack down on impulse buys so no more new dolls. No, not even that nicely priced Delf in the MP, or that beautiful Elfdoll, or....yeah. Stop. Avoid the MP at all costs.
(the exceptions being a Volks Williams if i can sell enough to meet his secondhand price, or a Crobidoll Lance, because reasons)

I'd also like to cull the horde a bit. I've started this just a bit by adopting out one of my girls. Clearing the floating head drawer is next on that list. lol

 

- to sell or not to sell.
- they need faces, hair, clothes and shoes.

 

Finish my dolls, lol

 

New faceup on lenwë, finish making his bits and bobs. (Boots cloak belts etc)

figure out how to make him a circlet

make him some lembas

Paint my Hwayu head, make or buy fantasy style clothing, make horns.

paint the two new pet dolls I have incoming

reevaluate the fjx blind box doll and decide to keep or sell. Re dress my Xun and decide to keep or sell.

save for DSD Frozen Anna

 

-Continue building out character-specific wardrobe for each of my dolls. I would love if they didn't have to share items at all and each had more specific individual styles.

-Purchase shoes for my 1/3 dolls. They each have a pair but that's not enough, lol.

-New wigs for my boys.

-Save up for the Janchor Dolls BJD that I've been eye-ing for the last several months.

-Sell the dolls I have in storage.

-Put some more time into my diorama set up. Would love for it to be a bit more detailed.