2026 Goals For The Year

I hope to be able to get full outfits for both of my dolls, including shoes, whether that's through sewing and crafting or purchasing. I have a couple of key items (glasses and a pipe) that I think I'm going to end up having to make myself. One of them also needs new eyes, so I'm hoping to find a good pair.

I also want to find a good place for them in my current apartment, which is tricky, but hopefully doable.

I also want to try and start on the modding process for one of my dolls, and add some scars to the other! Maybe if that all goes well, then I can try and make an alternate wig for one of them.

I'm also going to maaaaybe purchase another doll, but probably not, it really depends on finances + whether I end up moving again soon.

 

I have a document laying out what all I want to get done next year project-wise, but to streamline this post I'll just summarize the most important points. My doll plans are as follows:

• buying: keep my doll purchases down to the one resin MSD on my list and maybe one OT doll as long as it is small.
• crafting: finish the projects in my document which range from faceups, piercings, nail-painting, and general upkeep.
• development: figure out the aesthetics of my SD girl Fable and an MSD girl of mine named Blair.
• organizing: figure out an organizational system for clothes that works for me.
• selling: getting at least one full doll sold. (I need to list the other stuff I have too)

In general my big thing going into next year is that I want to make sure I can keep my doll-buying under control and take stock of what I have a lot easier. I may have to make a spreadsheet.

 

To get on marketplace. lol

 

I think I accomplished all my goals last year. This year it's more wibbly...

• Maybe purchase one more 60cm girl
  • Now waiting on a Gem of Doll Sophia so this is a check already
• Maybe get a faceup redone for one of my boys
• Get my PW boy's monster hands blushed properly
• Maybe sell 1 or 2 dolls
  • Ended up listing one already!
• Maybe downsize the wardrobe a bit

 

I always love this time of year, when I make plans and set goals I will completely change by February.

But currently:

1. Finish modding Cooper. He has a body and 8 heads, and I have successfully modded one head so far. I don't plan to mod all 8, but I do want to do one more at least, and his body to make him look thinner. Hoping to start that mod this week!

2. Sew all the clothes I have cut out. I....might....have an entire laundry basket full of cut out doll clothes I haven't finished, and it never stops growing because I keep finding more fun patterns and fabrics.

3. Complete Bambi's Barbie wardrobe! I've started making her replicas of 80s and 90s Barbie outfits, she has 20 so far and more planned.

4. Take Cooper & Bren's wedding pics! The wedding is set for February 7.

5. HOPEFULLY find more boy sewing patterns! I have a huge collection of girl patterns I've picked up from various sources online, but there is just so, so little for boys out there. What I do find is usually for the really big guys or Smart Doll boys, neither of which works for my 60-65cm boys. The search continues. (If anybody knows any good sources for SD13 range boy patterns that aren't just pajamas, tshirts or kimonos, please let me know! They don't have to be free, I've paid for a ton of patterns!)

 

So glad this prompt is up now, I was really surprised to see I didn't post one for 2025 and really wanted to see how the year had went!!! (Maybe it was a prompt lost somewhere in my instagram stories, I guess I'll go look later..)

Are you getting new dolls?
My resin perimeters are as follows: 2 yosd bodies for 2 floating heads. Tentatively: I don't need to get a body for my floating DL Lan right now, but... if the planets align or the exact one pops up 2ndhand, I may consider it. More highly tentatively: I want to shell 2 OCs as dolls- but the one company's been so effected by tariffs that if it gets worse in 2026, it will just stay on the wishlist for another year. I'm trying to focus on pre-existing projects, but I can't deny the siren song of incoming resin is always there, haha. I pray no new releases sneak into my heart.

Want to sew up some clothing?
Definitely! I have a lot of capsule wardrobes, major character costumes, essentials, WIP UFOs, and new patterns I've been wanting to test out.. I'm going to try to do monthly sewing goals again- I don't have to hit it every month, and they don't need to be huge involved projects- even just half the year doing little bits and bobs would be great.

Try your hand at modding? Give new face-ups? Make that perfect prop?
I have two dolls that need elf ear mods; 3 dolls that need their wings dyed; a body whose neck needs sanding and dyeing; another doll that needs full dye (with vitiligo)... It'd be a miracle if I tackle even one of these in 2026, but I'll put it here just in case! As for faceups; 2 have half-finished faceups that need sealing and eyelashes; and 5 that need a full faceup (+2 more if I get the YOSD bodies on my wishlist) Props are slightly lower on my priority, but if I start my 2 RPG character custom projects, then a staff and bow/quiver will be on the list.

Take a lot of pictures? Organize better?
Absolutely!!!! I've gotten so apathetic and if my office space is too messy but I'm too tired, I feel guilty posing anyone!! Maybe I should make some storable back-drops. I have recently re-organized my supplies and clothes, but I am considering a bookshelf closet setup for some of my dolls.. I'll see how that develops. Also, I love my dolls where they are right now- but it's so wretched dusty in my apartment... maybe I should start monthly dustings?

Something else?
I want to continue to work on my sell-pile; it isn't super big and I've been having decent luck getting stuff sold, so I'd like to keep that going!

 

I HOPE I can get volks Topaz and Emerald next year. I completely missed the order this year I get a tiny bit sad when I look at those sculpts because I have names for them and they will be my Switch Ruan and Taeheo's wives

 

Pulling some of these forward from 2025:

• Buy one or two more dolls to put a tentative cap on the collection - my latest one still needs his princess, and I have two ideas for her, but I won't know which one is which until they're all in my hands. Then there's a couple more I'm looking at, and one I'm paying off on layaway.
• Get some bodies for the floating heads, especially since some of them have been here 10+years and still no body!
• Not really doll related, but get some of the clutter out of my room so I can reorganize, which leads to...
• Get a crafting station set up! Sewing, wigs, whatever, but I need the room to do it, which means some stuff has to go

 

I always love these threads! My overall ongoing goals are finishing my dolls (face-ups, blushing, wigs eyes, wardrobes) and refining my collection

Are you getting new dolls?
I'm waiting on a Do Dolls Dream Teacup Marionette Lullaby Lottie in the Radioactive Cupcakes teal resin, and flat feet for my Dollzone the Hanged Man. Maybe buy one at the NYC Doll Convention. My limited doll space is very close to capacity, so I have a very good reason to stop adding more! Though so many are very tempting.

Want to sew some clothing?
I've made a decent number of nice outfits and single pieces this year, but some my dolls have minimal things that fit or suit their style, so I plan to keep sewing clothes for them. Diana needs a witch hat or two as well.

Try your hand at modding?
The closest things to modding I want to do are the slightest adjustments to my Dikadoll's eyes, and overall sanding for aesthetics on my artist cast off-topic Cirque de Phantomes Nekomata, which I do want to accomplish this year.

Give new face-ups?
I have 16 blank dolls that need face-ups, plus 2 pets that need face-ups and blushing. One of the blank dolls is a Dream Valley Izzy dragon-girl who needs her horns, wings, feet, tail and probably hands blushed too.

Make that perfect prop?
I'd like to make some polymer clay food for my MSDs, and books for them, and maybe a flute for Isora. I'd like more furniture for my MSDs, and YoSD size Ryoko (Dream Valley Izzy) needs a stool or bench, since she can't stand very easily, and her dragon wings and tail make a standard chair impractical.

Take a lot of pictures?
I finally got some doll stands so taking photos of them standing will be easier. I'd like to post more photos of them here and on Instagram.

Organize better?
The clothing needs more space! Maybe if I put the shoes and accessories in separate container that will help? I'm thinking the best solution might be to upgrade to an IKEA drawer unit.

Something else?
I've got one doll listed for sale and another one I also want to move on to a new home. There maybe others I decide to let go of as well.

 

I love seeing everyone's goals and recaps every year! It makes me so happy to hear about everyone's different collections and how we interact with and derive joy from our dolls.

In the next year, the plan is to continue finishing dolls and letting go of the ones I am not excited to finish. I really want to practice sewing and pattern making, wig making, and face-ups. Crafts in general! I have a couple of visions I'm excited to see come to life. I'd also like to attend some meetups!

I so admire the resolve of everyone who's committed to buying no new dolls. That should probably be me also and maybe one day I'll get there, but so far my goal each year has been to buy less dolls than the previous year. Weaning myself off resin shopping I did great this year and didn't buy any for over half the year! Of course, by this point I have bought three, which I really think is the absolute maximum I can do in a single year and will be the number I try to stick to going forward--until I really do run out of space and have to add zero.

For acquisitions, I'm going to focus on clothes as much as I can. I really enjoy redressing my fashion dolls, and would love to do that with my BJDs, but just don't have enough clothes. Currently the top contenders for limited spots (I like thinking of it like a reality show when I rank them sometimes) are Harucasting and Do Dolls Dream MSD. I've had a Nina's Dolls Luna or Iris on my list forever, and Yummy Sweets Dolls' new sculpts are also very tempting. And I have three floating heads that need bodies, not sure how they are going to fit in to this plan--eek.

 

Eh heh heh… So… Ya know how I said “no” earlier…? The layaway option sounds lovely… ^^; I talked to my husband about it. He’s gonna get back to me. So… *Maybe* one. Maybe. If not, then no new dolls.

 

I'm just going to say it, I filled a whole page of just me rambling about what I need for dolls. It looks insane. Please enjoy though.
Buying stuff:

• Get bodies for floating heads
  • Get 75 bodies for my impldoll Ansel & Abidoll Hermann
  • Get 68-70 bodies for my Devotion Doll Lunevis (female one,) Switch Doha, Switch Yozo, Illusion Garden Evening Bane (some later heads I plan on getting next year will simply share bodies for now)
  • Potentially get yet another AEdoll Ruan Mian body for either my Rosetta Doll Tansy or Kiss Dodo Somnoom. Just depends on the 62cm Evantasy body
  • Get a 2d doll 45cm boy body v2 for my Devotion Doll mini Bite
• Get faceups for heads
  • I basically need to do this for a lot of heads (sorted by size
    • Devotion Doll Bite SP, Luna Blanc Kieran, and abidoll Hermann
    • Loongsoul Monster Nian, eventual Illusion Garden Unicorn Yuli and Switch Kaien,
    • Foveo Midnight Gella B, eventual Babel no.9 Xiaotian and LLT head, Kiss Dodo Somnoom
    • Xiaozui Milk Candy head and both Xagadoll conjoined twin heads
• Get wigs for heads
  • I want to get a few custom wigs for a couple SD dolls and my conjoined twins need a couple.
  • I need made to order wigs for a fair bit of people, listed by size:
    • Abidoll Hermann & impldoll Ansel, Loongsoul Monster Nian, Illusion Garden Evening Bane & eventual Illusion Garden Unicorn Yuli, and eventual Switch Kaien & Babel Tower No. 9 Xiaotian
• Get eyes for heads
  • I need some custom eyes for my Loongsoul Monster Nian, Abidoll Hermann, and for an upcoming LLT head
  • I also need made to order eyes for a fair bit of heads, Devotion Doll Bite SP & Mini Bite (very hard to find good fitting eyes for both btw,) Xiaozui Milk Candy head, eventual Illusion Garden Unicorn Yuli, Switch Kaien, and Babel Tower no. 9 Xiao Tian.
• Get clothes for dolls
  • Get 75 clothes for my impldoll Ansel, abidoll Hermann, and Devotion Doll Bite SP
  • Get 68-70 clothes for Switch Doha & Kaien, eventual LLT head & Illusion Garden Unicorn Yuli
  • Get SD clothes for Supia Esther & Kiss Dodo Somnoom
  • Get MSD clothes for my Xiaozui Milk Candy & formydoll Jiyuan
• Get shoes for dolls
  • Basically everyone needs socks
  • Get 75 shoes for my abidoll Hermann, impldoll Ansel, Devotion Doll Bite SP
  • Get 68-70 shoes for Loongsoul Monster Nian, Illusion Garden Evening Bane & Unicorn Yuli, Switch Doha & Kaien, and LLT head
  • Get SD shoes for Souldoll Liv Elegance ver, Impldoll Mila & Moira, and Supia Esther
  • Get MSD shoes for Xiaozui Milk Candy & formydoll Jiyuan
• Floating head situation
  • So basically, I'm reaching my max capacity for human dolls. I might be able to squeeze in more if I buy a bunch of stands for everyone for more space real estate, but still. The head train needs to stop. So I selected 4 heads for this year, and maybe one to complete the Lupin the 3rd quartet I've got going.
• I also have some odds and ends of body parts to buy that aren't that interesting.

Selling Situation:
I may sell an impldoll model body my Switch twins have in favor of their SD plump body, haven't fully decided or wrapped my brain around that. My surplus of unused clothing and eyes need to be purged more, and my wigs I don't need I'll ship off to 69resin as a donation.
Crafting:

• I'm really ready to make my impldoll Imara's permanent top, a big ol striped sweater. I knit, and I got good tips from the crafting forum, so I feel more confident getting that done. It needs to be done.
• I also need to sew kimonos for my impldoll Mila & Moira, and once those are done, maybe make a male kimono for my impldoll Ansel.
• I need a respirator and a MSC equivalent to tackle DIY tattoos in the summer for almost all my impldoll crew, and for a whole SD body...

So yeah! Super busy as always, and I just have this running list in my brain so it's nice for me to be able to cross off what has been done.

 

For next year, my main doll goals are a little more specific, as I have learned and figured out some things this year (now my first full year in this hobby!):

- No more WIPs! I want every full doll to be wigged, with a proper stand, to have at least one outfit, with shoes that actually fit, as my curse seems to be picking out a nice pair of shoes that are advertised in the size range of the doll in question only to have them not actually fit at all and be unusable for any of my dolls. I've been grateful that eyes have not been an issue for any.

- Fully attempt (and keep) a faceup. I've been practicing this year when I have the time and energy, and it's still not very good, I wipe all of my attempts, but that's all part of the process of learning! I really like the feeling of using certain materials like pastels. I would love to try to practice enough to be steady enough to paint on this smaller scale and be able to say I have done at least a single head on my own.

- Craft! I've been pretty tired and not really dipping so much into the creative aspect myself into dolls beyond drawing them, though I've tried a few things like making wigs. I want to at least make something for a doll, whether it be a prop or picking up sewing again to make them some costume piece. I also have this fun table and chair set that I bought from Tata's Paradise that I've wanted to assemble, but have not yet.

- Commission a faceup. I have floating heads, and I know that I'm definitely not at the skill level to tackle them, so I would love to commission someone to do their magic on at least one or two of them for me. Mailing out a head seems a little daunting, but I think it would be well worth it.

- Get bodies! For the floating heads, they have nothing to be put on, and I hope to rectify that for at least some. One of them was actually meant to come with the body, but the body got lost in the post! In general though, think I should think a lot more about which heads I would really like to keep and fully "dollify" and give the others away to fellow hobbyists to have fun with.

- Try taking photos - I'm not good at this, though ironically I grew up with a parent that was very much interested in and good at photography. I love seeing the wonderful shots people take of their dolls, and though I don't think I'll go the whole mile and do something like invest in a DSLR and learn photography proper, I'd like to take little pictures of my dolls going on adventures. If I get brave enough, I'd like to take at least one photo of one outside outside of the context of a doll meet.

- A doll friend to scale - my collection is wildly piecemeal and none of the dolls that I own would look natural with each other due to either clashing aesthetics or very drastically different sizes and proportions. I'd like for at least one doll to have a companion that they could interact with that would match their general scaling / make sense in proportion to them. At the moment in time, this feels like it would most likely be my Xagadoll or Minifee that I might have another doll in mind for within their scale, but I'm uncertain yet depending on what I narrow down my doll "hitlist" for next year.

Here's to 2026 doll goals!

 

While theoretically I got back in the hobby this year, I'll only have my doll in 2026, so now I'm only preparing slowly for her to appear. What I have in mind for this time is avoiding a few mistakes that I made on my previous "run".

1. Take it slow with the photos. Instead of going out with the doll without specific plan, I'll try to search for an inspiration and plan for the photo, plan the poses, styling etc, and only then go do it. Also, if I end up buying a camera - definitely used one, especially cheaper.
2. Accept the fact that I'll already lose my "flame" when the doll actually arrives. It'll be normal, I'll spend a lot of energy on looking for clothes, wig etc. So basically, taking it slow again.
3. Only hand-make things that seem fun in themselves. I need to assume that whatever I'll try to do will be of low quality and stay that way. Not because I don't believe in myself that much, but I want to save myself from frustration. If I want something pretty, especially if I want it NOW, I'll buy or order it. If I want to create something, I will. Though I'll probably be defending myself from getting back to sewing, haha.
4. I might try to get myself a practice head, basic supplies for face ups and, of course, the needed protection. I live in an apartment, so I don't have much space for safely using a sealant. So I'll need a good, slow research to first be safe, then try creating something.
5. I want to try to engage with the community more! Especially since I'm from Poland, so it seems difficult for me to find other BJD hobbyists

Basically, I want it to become and stay a way of getting creative in various ways, but try to not burn myself out!

 

I’m in the same boat! Although I do have a camera now. But with getting back into he hobby after a long hiatus and catching up on the dolly news. I have a sewing machine now, so I can make something if need be. I also want to engage more with the community. I feel seen!

 

My main goal for 2026 is to design more knitting patterns for my dolls! I want a whole wardrobe of knits But it takes sooo long to trial and error my way to wearable pieces so I won’t be too ambitious.

I’ve got two girls on preorder so when they come they will need faceups. I’m already thinking of their backstories for when I write their doll profile

And last I’ll be keeping my eye out for MSD boy dolls. I want one boy, but I’m so terribly picky. Maybe this year I will bring one home? I can’t allow myself to buy more MSD girls though haha

 

I managed one of my big doll goals this year- Volks Diamond. But I do need more clothes! And shoes. I'm hoping to make minimal new doll purchases but I am not to be trusted!

Bodies:
-I need a guard Love 1/4 chubby body with the bunny legs (no ankles)
- An older yellowed Volks SD 10 or 13 body
- Maybe get a couple floating heads a body. I FORGOT, like legit thought I sold it but apparently didn't and found it last weekend, a Granado Kaili head!! So maybe that poor girl deserves a body.

Dolls:
- Looking for anime style resin dolls that speak to me. I have my eye on a super cute ADVillage girl on Legendoll but haven't had the funds
-Finish layaways on AE Ding Dang and Luts SD Yuri head
- Try not to splurge!
- Hoping buy a doll from a seller that has the doll in storage right now so I'm just waiting and hoping I can get the doll

Wigs:
- MYABE spring for a lace-front wig for ANS Narcissa. Those damn horns are in the wrong place

Projects:
- Get my little centaur strung
- Paint hair on Lillycat Newt because no wig on earth will stay on her weird shape head.
- MAKE a hard wig cap!!! EEK!

SHOES. Just SHOES.

And lastly, get my doll clothes organized.

 

Keeping my goals fairly similar to last year. Still being fairly easy-going about the hobby since it's a marathon and not a sprint, something I have to remind myself of when I get super into it ha.

• Buy new dolls/ heads / bodies
  • Got into trouble last year and way exceeded my quota (albeit my justification is that they were tinies, and summed up to one 1/3 doll so were technically still within budget!) My goal is to be a bit more on top of it this year upcoming year
    • Forever still looking for a Delf El head
    • Dollzone 1/5 snake body
    • Bonelace Legory
    • Depending on if and when other things sell, I may start working on replacing some of the bodies on my list and 'upgrading' existing dolls, but this is low priority
• Sell some dolls
  • Have 1-2 heads to sell, and 2 bodies that I'll be replacing with others. I'm not super hopeful on them selling given the economy, but at the very least want to make sure they're listed
• Work on existing dolls
  • Finish a WIP faceup, wipe and redo one faceup, and then do 2 additional faceups on incoming dolls / heads
  • Continue working on acquiring outfits / wigs / eyes for the crew. The only specific things I have on the list are a couple of wigs and pairs of eyes for my tiny dolls who don't have any in their size right now
  • I'd love nicer wigs too for existing dolls, but this is low priority and as budget allows
• Community
  • Go to NYC doll con again. It was an INCREDIBLE experience last year and I'm looking forward to it
  • Attend local meetups whenever time allows to stay connected with the awesome group we have here

 

• Start saving for a Volks F-01 girl and purchase her when the opportunity arrives whether FCS or second hand. This is the only doll purchase I want to make in 2026, no others.
• Buy one MSD body for a floating head I have, but do extensive research to find something perfect first.
• Sell a bunch of dolls that I'm not bonding with or enjoying anymore.
• Start buying some shoes, this whole crew is barefoot for the most part lol
• LOTS of faceups this year when the weather permits it(spring thru fall)
• Start sewing more(starting now), with the goal of moving towards selling things. This one is the probably the most important on my list and quite a big undertaking for me. I've never done anything like this before so it'll be new and different

 

I wanted to make 2026 a no-resin year but I'll probably make one more stretch for my last doll. 2025 had a few hiccups on the way which cost me quite a lot, so I should get more things done even accounting for a doll.