2024 Doll Goals/Resolutions

Here are my 2024 dolly goals!

1. Get bodies for my floating heads - all 4!
2. "Finish" the dolls I am waiting for (do faceups, make wigs, buy eyes, clothes, shoes) (none of them currently have shoes lol).
3. Practice sewing more!
4. Shell an OC I have been wanting to make into a doll (either a Fairyland Ingrid or an Iplehouse Owen. 2 very different aesthetics, and yet they both embody this character well somehow)
5. Stick to my dolly wishlist when it comes to new acquisitions. I want a Nina's Doll blooming line Luna or Iris, Ingrid/Owen as mentioned above, some Harucasting dolls (I'm so bummed I didn't join the preorder for Yoake or Day! I hope I can jump on the Lime preorder maybe!), and maybe Yummy Sweets Dolls Orchid and a Xaga boy. Oh and a Darak Doll Mark. Ahhhhhh. I can do it!!!!!
6. Take pics and post them here or on instagram!

 

My 2023 goals got derailed a bit by ongoing family medical circumstances, so I'm reiterating things a bit, but it can't be helped

1. Casual outfits for all my dolls
As much as I love kimono and long dresses, I'd like everyone to have a casual clothing option. My sewing skills, including pattern adjustment and drafting are getting better, and so is my confidence. Casual outfits also means getting shoes for everyone, in particular those whose fullset shoes have disintegrated after 10+ years...I have so many unshod dolls...

2. Restringing and bath day for everyone
Thanks to my local doll friends, I have the confidence to restring and reassemble my dolls, so all the older secondhand crew need a wash, restring and suede/wire if needed

3. Decent wigs and eyes for everyone
No more getting random wigs and eyes and hoping for the best! I've discovered what I like in eyes – high end detailed acrylic or glass. Still working on wigs, but I want a decent wig for everyone that suits their head, face and character

4. Doll room/display
This is contingent on how much space I end up with when I move house in a few months, but I'd like to have a dedicated display area once I know how much space I have to work with

5. Keep practicing faceups
I have done one, which was an interesting learning experience, and now that my supplies and practice heads have all arrived, it's a matter of taking the time to practice

 

Knowing me parts of this will inevitably be delayed or changed, bc balencing a Masters and work and trying to have free time sucks:

1) Pay off my MNF Ariel and PW Misty.
2) No new resin until at least August or September, that way *hopefully* all of my outstanding orders home before I make another one.
3) Faceups for a Kid Delf Rika, PW Hunky Dory, MNF Look Back Shiwoo, and Soul Doll Millie when she comes home.
4) Do more sewing!
5) Need more SD sized stands.
6) Style my PW Red's hair to be more accurate to her character. Same with PW Tristan.
7) Dye and restring an AoD body to match my PW Hunky Dory.
8) I'm moving next summer, so making sure I move everyone safely lol. I'll probably just put them in my car to ride with me.

 

Lol, it's only been a few weeks and this has already changed. But! I feel more confident about the changes now.

1. Wait and buy iMda Petite Angelique. I determined that the reason I don't take photos of Leonie is because I never want to carry a bag big enough to fit her, so getting a significantly smaller doll I can slip into my regular bag should make it a lot easier to meet this goal!

2. Get the new girl all the trimmings. I actually already went ahead and got her a dress, now I just need shoes, eyes, sweater, and wig.

3. Sew socks and underpants. I don't super enjoy crafting anymore thanks to my neck injury, but I can still pull off the little things.

 

No new resin until my current preorders are home! Maji and Lotus should be here sometime in March, hopefully, and then SoulDoll Millie... hmm. I have no idea at this point, given their production delays. Maybe May or June?

 

Current goals for 2024 is to finally finish AT LEAST one faceup (preferably more) and to restring two of my dolls which are currently laying in pieces in their respective boxes

 

My goal for 2024 is to take better care of myself so I can be more active in this hobby. I have so many ideas and goals I want to accomplish, but chronic pain and mental health have been slowing me down so much! My sleep schedule is also messed up, so I don't see enough daylight hours, which makes doll photography impossible right now. I definitely want to flip that around.

I also want to fix up and bond with my tiny again. It's been over a year, and I want to finish her new look. A wig is what she needs most, but it's so hard to find 4-5-inch wigs that aren't fur and the right color for her. I'm already in the process of getting a body for one of my MSD heads!

Lastly, I want to work on writing my doll's stories. I don't need to finish it next year, but to work on those a lot more.

I'm hoping that 2024 will be a better year!

 

- Obtain a Skyland Dolls Fern
- Blush the two dolls I have now
- Practice faceups
- Go to more meet ups
- Take more photos

 

1. Pay off my layaways
2. get at least ONE of my floating heads a body
3. No new dolls unless its the grail (SOOM Serin in tawny)
4. Maybe attempt face ups?
5. Go to a meetup/ be more social
6. take more pics

 

1) Pay off layaways
2) No new dolls unless they are a cheaper 1/4 doll.
3) Make wigs for all my dolls
4) Attempt faceups again

 

I wrote out my plans back in November, but things have changed somewhat, so I'll update here.

• Restring and suede/kip my dolls.
• Learn how to style wigs.
• Sell some dolls/accessories.
• Clean out my room and make room for dolls and storage.

I will be doing a Doll No Buy until I get my room cleaned, and for the most part I bought the dolls for my doll plans the previous year. I think I only need two dolls and a few bodies now. Last year I made a lot of purchases, and now I need to reign my spending in, so even after the No Buy ends, I am going to make an effort to work on my buying impulses.

 

Happy New Year all!!!! I am challenging myself to really uphold my resolutions this year... I feel I made some good progress on last year's resolution (start painting my own collection) - so this year I am going to continue that and add a few more resolutions to my list:

1. Continue working on blank/unfinished dolls that need to be painted. I have 40 dolls that are need of a faceup (still blank) or need a repaint because their current faceup is old/no longer suited to the doll. I've been tracking my progress in this thread ~ My goal for 2024 is to paint 20 more dolls! That's roughly 1-2 dolls per month.

2. Refrain from buying more at this time. I know that it might feel too restrictive/impossible; so my decision making thought process - IF I decide to buy a doll will be: Is it currently on my wishlist? Is it at a price point that is well below market/retail? ...and is the doll rare/hard to find? If answer is yes to all 3, I will decide if financially I can make the expense. No more impulse purchases!

3. ORGANIZE the doll closet. It's not a mess visually... but in all the boxes it's a mystery treasure trove of what you're going to find, and it's driving me bonkers...so I need to go box by box and sort/organize the items in there.

 

I'm not big on new years resolutions, but I do have a few goals I want to achieve this year!

• Improve my sewing skills and spesifically get better at making pants.
• Make at least two unique outfits for each of my dolls, and new wigs for both.
• Pay off at least half of my student loans so I can with a clear conscience buy my grail doll by the end of the year.

I hope 2024 is kind to us all!

 

I posted my doll goals back in 2022 and did exactly none of them in the past two years.

I'm going to try a simplified version in 2024:

• give my two fixer-uppers names and glow-ups
• get back into doll sewing and accessory making
• learn some new sewing/crafting techniques for some ideas I have
• practice at least one face-up on my blank head

 

- Don't buy anything except bodies and longtime wishlist items
- New eyes for several dolls
- Get back into learning knitting (working on it as we speak)
- Work on Loongsoul Eloise, who needs more work than my other dolls
- Wigs! Wigs for everyone
- Fix my Dollstown body
- Faceups for all the blank heads
- Bodies for the floaters

We'll see how much of this I can get done... If work goes well, I should be able to afford it, but my motivation is another story.

I'm pretty sure I kept to none of my goals from last year except learning to do basic knitting. Whoops.

 

Happy New Year! Hopefully everyone's year is off to a good start.

I've got a few goals, hopefully I can get to them all:
- finish current two WIP dolls (faceups, body blushing, wigs, at least one outfit for each of them)
- sell my old DollFactory Ari Jinee, I had her out for a bit and yeah, I think it's time to let her go
- give my first BJD a makeover (new wig, eyes, ideally body, maybe faceup?) or do SOMETHING with her, dang it!
- keep learning to sew!
- Stretch goal: get the next pair of dolls to work on (I'm doing sets of DnD characters)

 

Okay, well, as with last year, my goals are mostly... to chill out a little. Absolutely failed last year, so let's see how i do with this list.

• Get parts for a couple of projects & start designing!
  • A bust piece here, a skeleton frame there. Some measuring for 3D sculpting is in my future.
• Buy very few dolls.
  • maybe a couple of inexpensive ones
  • more expensive ones ONLY if my budget increases drastically or they are in danger of being discontinued
  • ...okay also if AP Emma is rereleased
• Otherwise, stick to eyes, wigs and accessories.
• Sew more clothes!
• Maybe finally start learning & practising faceups?

Of course, everything is subject to change in this hobby. Plus life changes can hinder or help as well. Wishing us all luck in 2024!

 

My main goal for 2024 is not to get any new dolls this year. At most one if it captures my heart or is at a good discount or one of the longer planned dolls. Otherwise, I expect only those ordered from last year.
Well, the most important thing is to have a face-up done on those dolls that don't have it yet. These are the most important points I want to achieve this year.

 

My resolutions for 2024 are the following:

1. Declutter my collection
2. Sew a rococo dress for one of my dolls

 

Have a successful meet up in my state lol. Conflicting schedules always make it hard with a small community. Other than that, maybe do a panel at a local con for doll related things (or a meet up). I'm not as active with my dolls anymore so I want to do somethinggggg