2026 Goals For The Year

Probably won't be getting any new dolls, though maaaybe I'll do a layaway on a boy later in the year.. I'm waiting for three girls to arrive and I don't really have any clothing or shoes ready for them lol. So my plans for 2026 is to make lace wigs, properly sit down and knit a lot and maybe learn to sew. Also want to buy them the extra stuff I can't make myself, like shoes and eyes. Will continue doing tons of faceups as well.

 

for 2026, my big overall goal is to finish every WIP doll i currently have. i am not a big doll impulse buyer nor do i have any new ones particularly in mind, and all my floating heads but one are no longer disembodied, so i don't really have buying OR not-buying as a goal-- i just want to get everyone i already have in a finished, displayable state by the end of 2026.

the dolls i need to work on are:

-Davis (Dikadoll Floyer × Resinsoul hybrid): needs a little more finish sanding on his nearly-done neck mod and to be reassembled; also needs a better set of clothes

-Beatrix (Dollmore Aileen x Angel of Dream hybrid): needs her replacement hands painted and put on; wig also needs finished

-Cora (Bobobie Charisma × Iplehouse SID hybrid): needs her face mods finished, head colormatched to body, a faceup, body reassembled, eyes, a wig, and clothes...basically everything, she's currently a bag of parts. the only thing i've actually finished so far on her is modding her massive Iple neck to fit with the Bobobie head

-Jack (Dollshe Arsene × Impldoll hybrid): probably going to tinker with his neck a tiny bit, the hybrid does fit as-is but i feel like a small adjustment would make better head mobility; then he needs restrung plus he needs a faceup, eyes, a wig and clothes

-Stella (Impldoll Crystal × Supia hybrid): needs her faceup and wig finished + clothes; currently she has an 85% completed wig, a pair of eyes, and a faceup that's probably about 25% done, and also she is nude.

-Ivar (Granado Nightmare Boyd x Mirodoll hybrid) needs his whole wig situation redone; after that he's technically done but i would really like to make him some additional clothing too. his current outfit is super bare-bones and could be more character-accurate with a couple pieces added to it

-Star (Dollmore Skylar × Angel of Dream hybrid): needs a wig and clothes; i finished her neck mod, reassembled her, and finished her faceup and she has eyes already, so one of the less intense WIP dolls

-Randalin (Simply Divine Harlequin × Impldoll hybrid) is the MOST intense WIP doll and frankly i will be shocked if i finish everyone else on this list AND complete her in the next year. she's a total project doll that involves heavily modding a really beat up old body; then both for colormatching and character accuracy she's going to need a head to toe airbrush blushing, plus the head needs some slight facial mods and an elf ear mod, and after all of that happens and she gets restrung, i have to make her eyes, a wig, and an outfit and paint her faceup. i will be for real thrilled if i even manage to finish her mods this year...

i have lots of crafting and sewing stuff i would also love to do for all my other dolls that are actually finished, but that's less a goal and more just how i play with/enjoy my dolls in general, so...the real goal is to close out 2026 with no WIP dolls (or at least just the one mega-project girl!)

bonus goal is to refresh a couple of doll profiles on here that have outdated pictures, make profiles for the handful of finished dolls that don't have them, and also make profiles for the WIP dolls as i (hopefully) finish them

 

I feel like the last part of 2025 has been (and soon 2026 will continue to be) a time for great change for me in terms of my daily pace, and I think that is going to have an effect on all of my hobbies to some extent. I'm not leaving the BJD hobby at all, but I may need to sit and consider if some of the dolls in my current resin family need to go.

Anyway, I'll keep the list somewhat vague for now but may update later with some specifics.

• Want to sew up some clothing? Yep. Strange's Sorcerer Supreme costume needs an update now that I understand how to do the embroidery with my sewing machine. Storm also needs some of her clothes adjusted cause I keep choosing non-standard bodies for my loved ones xD
• Make that perfect prop? On it! I have a few items in mind that I have collected reference for. And I still have the room-box to work in, which I haven't given up on despite being unable to work on it at all during 2025 (I found an amazing hand-towel that is the perfect carpet for it and it reignited my interest again).
• Take a lot of pictures? Every year I make the promise to try taking a picture a week even if I end up not delivering because my life is hectic sometimes, but I want to keep trying and I think that's the important part.
• Organize better? Definitely. All my dolly stuff has been chaotically thrown in a cardboard box for a while now and I now it is one of the reasons I struggle when trying to play with my resins, so I need to change that.
• Something else? Selling. Lots of stuff. Dolls, props, accessories... I'll need to make a list of pros and cons for some of the items, and the marketplace is so slow now, but I know it will be for the best in the long term.

 

my first cast doll Doll Chateau beacher is currently in transit with UPS and my second doll butterberrydolls thistle just had her preorder close but seeing as both will be available for at least *part* of 2026 i figured it would be good to participate and see where i’m at at the end of the year.

i wrote this in my notes app so sorry if it’s a bit janky

• new dolls: maybe no current plans though. i should try to cool off and focus on the two i’ve got next year
• definitely want to keep sewing and learning new techniques and to neaten up my work
  • particularly i’m wanting to participate in some monthly sewing challenges
• i have no plans for modding at the moment apart from dyeing beacher
• faceup for beacher, the other will have an artist faceup :P
• definitely plans for props and maybe buying some
• i would like to start taking pictures and learning about editing and colouring them
• i need to start working on an organisational system
  • this means space in my room must be made (a couple of bulky toys i don’t have need for any more can be sold, i can get rid of the detritus in my closet, etc)
  • i want to move all my notes to a spreadsheet and docs system
  • as i continue to self draft patterns for wonky doll bodies i will need to have folders to organise patterns and clothes
• decide on where i will focus on posting doll content: tumblr instagram personal website/blog and/or DoA. can i manage more than one?
• make wigs!
• make eyes and eye moulds!
• knit and crochet for them -> must figure out what thread i’d want to use.
• work on a story involving both dolls (and an off topic doll) and start posting prose with some pictures

i’ve been a toy collector and customiser for some time and it has been my primary hobby and mental fixation as an autistic person and a way to regulate so i spend all of the time that i’m not actively in university tinkering with my toys, hence the number of plans it’s been awesome reading everyone’s plans and getting ideas!

 

Lots of luck on that one! I think I have 4 new dolls coming! Bad, bad me!

 

I have an umbrella goal for 2026 -- move my 'project mindset' away from completing new dolls toward making projects out of my own dolls.

I've been buying and completing dolls non-stop since I came back to BJDs from a long hiatus, and I've reached a point where I'm very satisfied with my doll crew and don't want to buy anymore new ones. I also have photoshoot and story ideas I want to do with the crew, and many will require some crafting work - sewing, prop making, backdrops/diorama creation.

I think both situations jive well with each other. So I want to enforce doll No-buy while weaning myself off the 'complete new doll' project cycle that I've been on for 3 years straight. At the same time, I want to transfer that projects mindset into making my story ideas a reality.

OK, some concrete goals...

(1) Have a rest from buying new dolls.
(a) Receive my last two pet BJDs - one is still on preorder, one is at a proxy and I'll ship it home early in 2026. (b) Achieve a buying rate of <1 doll/year this year -- which means no new dolls at all. Option parts for the crew are fine. No-/low-buy has been on my goal list for 3 years straight but I haven't been too successful at that. Wish me luck!

(2) Traditional kimono/JP footwear for the whole crew.
(a) Make geta. I have an idea how to do it, but I should go research some tutorials to make sure it's not harebrained. (b) sew tabi socks - find a pattern, find the fabric, sew it. Gotta do this for 10 dolls.

(3) "Transfiguration" photo series.
I'll need to (a) make the backdrop - go to the art store and get the paint and paper - this is the bottleneck step. (b) figure out a way to wire doll clothes so they have the appearance of flowing, (c) pose the dolls on stands and take the photos.

(4) Sew a doll costume in time for my local group's Halloween meet. A 2025 goal I never got around to doing.
I already know what I want to make, so (a) look up cosplay references (b) look up suitable doll-sized patterns for the garments (c) get the fabrics and sew them.


I think that's enough. If I complete photography goal (3) and sewing goal (4) I can replace them with one of the many ideas cooking in the back of my mind. Or who knows, I might not get to said goals but do the other ideas - that's still getting things done, right?

 

For 2026 I just want to finish an uncompleted doll i own.

 

Looked through my 2025 goals, and I'm pleasantly surprised! I feel like I stuck to them really well.

• Continue to downsize
• Pare down clothing collection

Downsizing dolls and clothing don't get a check because I didn't really downsize, but they don't get an X either, because I also really feel like they didn't increase in size this year...for clothes, that's pretty much entirely due to the tariff situation, but for dolls I'm quite pleased to say I've sold about as many, or maybe even more, than I've bought! I'm much happier with the state of the crew now, it really feels like each doll is loved for its own sake and has a purpose.

• Take more photos ✅

I checked, and I took at least one edited and postable picture of Verdi alone, not to mention the other dolls, for each month of 2025. Most months had a full shoot, some months had multiple. Knocked it out of the park.

• Attend more meets and doll events ✅

First year attending Resin Rose, it rocked, and I didn't miss a single meetup with my local group!

• Get photos printed ✅

Sure did! Even got a couple framed!

For 2026, I'm thinking of the following...

1. Finish updating the doll area of my website by end of 2025, and try to update it at least once a month in 2026
2. Get my doll clothing properly organized by doll and stored
3. Learn how to use Mercari and really clean out the sales pile
4. Schedule and celebrate doll birthdays (or gotcha days if dolls share a birthday)
5. Save up enough to have a comfortable spending budget for Japan in late March

 

@Oculae not to get too off topic, but I just checked out your website that you mentioned, and I really enjoy it! I'll definitely keep an eye (pun intended) out for your updates.

 

Okey dokey, I did an EOY wrap-up for 2025, seems about time to set some goals for 2026!

Limited doll purchases. I've been unsuccessful with complete no-buys so far, so my goal is at most one or two new dolls. I've been kinda considering seeing if Volks offers an SD10/SD13 FCS order with a sculpt I like (and to think I'd started out with no interest in them...), and I'm always watching for just the right robot/cyborg doll. But otherwise, I'm running out of box storage space if nothing else. If I acquire dolls beyond another one or two, I'm gonna have to start a "one in, one out" system.

Reflect on the dolls I enjoy and where I want my collection to go. I've split myself between 1/4 and 1/3 lately, and I'm not yet sure if I've got a different size preference overall or if I've just shifted my attention temporarily. I want to take some time and consider what doll characteristics I like the most so I can focus on those and maybe refine things in the future.

Sew a new piece of clothing monthly. I've been doing pretty well on this so far, and would like to continue! Putting together frilly, froofy dresses is the joy du jour, but we'll see how things go. Maybe I'll even make some more pants! Wouldn't that be a dream.

Photoshoot monthly. I tried a weekly one before and burned out fast, but I think doing pics once a month would be a good way to keep me playing with the dolls, improving my photography, and keeping in touch with the seasons for outside photoshoots.

ETA: Go to a doll con! This is a bit more pie-in-the-sky, since I'll be starting a new job soon and have no idea what my schedule will be. I've wanted to go to a con for a while, but never seemed to have the time. Maybe Resin Rose, or I think Dolpa is in LA this year?

 

2026, the year of continuing my current incomplete goals

1)No new dolls. I've been hit with so much doll related whiplash in the last year I think I need to focus on saving again for a while.

As part of this I definitely need to continue working on completing the dolls I do have. A) pls finish Celeste's wig, she looks lovely bald but she needs hair or a nicer bald cap. B) commit to reshelling Maddie's look. For my most reached for doll, I have too many conflicting feelings about how she looks in her current aesthetic.

2) Improving photography! First and most importantly by acquiring better equiptment than my phone Q.Q

3) Aim to completely sew one piece of clothing a month q.q I keep starting projects and setting them aside- I seek freedom from this wip web I've become entangled in.

4) Actively make time for my sculpting projects. I really want to move onto blocking out major shapes onto the core I made this year for the replacement body I wanted to try sculpting for Day. I also want to attempt sculpting at least one oc head and finally cast the outer sole molds for their shoes.

 

Let's see... Goals for 2026:

1: 15 years into the hobby and I have bought one or more new dolls every year I want to say next year could be the year of zero new dolls, but I also don't want to make myself feel bad if I get something affordable that would enrich my life. It will be fun to see at years end what happened. I'll feel proud if I buy no dolls and only a really great couple of wigs. (Wigs wigs wigs wigs)

2: continue honing and refining dolls I have here who are already established by working on their individual wardrobe cohesion, fashion diversity among them and so on. Not urgent, this is my plan to slowly enjoy the hobby for the rest of eternity. Focus efforts this year on some dolls I love who don't have as many outfits probably.

3: I actually have a fun selection of "new" dolls that I've grown fond of but haven't really worked on styling yet. I hope I'll have some of them more caught up by the end of next year. Out of those we have the end-of-year new bluefairy Emilie, Bebe, Paloma, and Raynor, but Raynor needs to be beheaded and start sharing a smaller more manageable body. Hopefully that will not discourage me from working on him.

4: scout out and have a couple decent outdoor photos shoots. Not feeling confident about that in this city yet but we'll see. I miss the ocean, it just figures lol.

5: get rid of some junk cluttering up my life. Any progress I make on that is always good progress because I find the process like pulling teeth.

6: I guess my final goal is ironically not to get too sucked into the hobby again. Moderation on the mental load. I tend to absorb myself in my dolls when life is scary and I am able but there are other creative things I would like to accomplish as well, so I'll be disappointed in myself if I just binge on working on my dolls all year.

7: no just kidding, final goal is don't be neurotic. I'm making progress overall and I am so happy about that.

8: buy some wigs if they bring me joy and I can afford them at the time. Even just one really good wig for the year. I'm only here for the wigs afterall.

 

I don't think I've ever done more then a half-baked job of finishing even a single goal, yet here I am again:

1) the craft space did get set up last year, I just need to replace my respirator and I might actually get around to starting on all the faceups and blushing that've been a permanent feature of my to-do list for years.

2) I'd like to say no new dolls now that my collection's reached a nice even number, but Shushu continues to haunt me, and I have at least one floating head I want to get on a body, so I might make room for two more. 42 is, after all, the answer to life, the universe, and everything.

3) Basic maintainance! Make a list of all the little things that need to be done - sanding, cleaning, restringing, magnets, etc etc etc. It's never ending around here.

4) Go through and make sure everybody has the proper eyes, accessories, etc. Clothes and wigs shift, but I hate installing eyes so once they get a pair, that's theirs for good.

5) Hopefully take more pictures? I should probably invest in decent stands, but I have no display space so it feels sort of pointless.

Don't ask where I'm planning on finding the time or energy for any of this when Everything Is Awful All The Time, but we soldier on regardless.

 

It's going to be a focus on my current dolls kind of year again! A few still need wigs, I'd like to get some nicer eyes so a few and of course face-ups need to happen on just a couple. I tried my hand at making shews last year and it went...... well it went. I'll try my hand at that again but I suspect I'll be buying shoes if money allows.

I'm hoping to get more sewing done this year, I've got almost everyone clothed!

I have three heads that need modding to better fit their respective bodies, maybe this will be the year I finally do something bout that. I also have a few that badly need restringing so I'm hoping bring one to the restringing panel that usually happens at Resin Rose this year.

I'm not adverse to getting a new doll, but I don't imagine it'll be in the budget unless I really fall in love and can get it with layaway.

 

I'd like to limit the size of my collection - my goal is 6 and under at the moment (full dolls only, heads don't count!) and I'm determined to keep it that way. If I want to welcome a new doll home, I have to pick one in my collection to sell. So far it seems doable, but who knows what next year will bring

Second goal is to get better at faceups! I just bought a really interesting head and I want to do him justice.

 

2026' goals will be less ambitious than those from last years. I have a full-time salary job again (I was self-employed the last 6 years), but I kept my own business on top of the salary job, so I have NO MORE free time. Or at least, not a lot. So well, I doubt I could make full body tattoo like I did previously. I already didn't managed to paint one this year, so next years are going to be... complicated.

My main goals are:

• no compulsive buyings to compensate the "no free time" frustration. I know I will buy some resin, maybe heads, maybe bodies, maybe full dolls. But I don't want to feel overwhelmed.
• putting for sale what I no longer want
• sewing some outfits and completed the 2-3-4 that are already in progress
• crafting around 6 wigs, or more if possible (I have 12 to craft currently)

And that is all. If I find the time for a tattoo, great, but no pressure.

 

Doll goals for 2026

modding
-Finish modding Dia’s arms
-finish modding Acyra’s tail and either make or order her wings
-Finish modding Red, and make her wings
-give Nira boobs
-Syncarnations need to be modded to all work together
-Nemesis boobs?
-Helia/the thing that sees
-acanthus’ mouth

Dye:
-Tamora’s upper torso
-blue’s torso and wings
-Red’s whole body
-Azalea’s new body

Sew:
-learn to use your machine
-make a dress for Lavinia
-start Shrike Armour project

faceups:
-Constance
-Raphael
-Mammon
-Lyraia
-Nevarthos
-kyorlin
-Tiatha
-midnight
-Arra
-Impl Moira
-Marro
-Rhavana
-Alluvis
-Red
-Blue
-Cassandra
-Thorne
-Acanthus
-Tamora
-Xior (if she comes in)
-Malice (if she comes in)
-Helia/the thing that sees
-Molly
-Luca (when she comes in)
-Holly (when she comes in)
-The Creature
-Savannah
-Anastasia

buy:
-jointed hands for the shrike project
-more boots for the identical armour
-more tops for the identical armour
-scale mail scales
-Worbla to make wings
-Eyes for like half the crew
-good wigs (custom) for Nem, Thorn and Lyra
-good wigs (premade) for everyone else
-more boy pants
-possibly iplehouse Scarlet
-possibly DFH takumi kazama
-possibly a Peakswoods boy
-possibly another Devotiondoll 75f
-no other new dolls. We have more than enough dolls

 

My doll goals for 2026 are 1) find a way to display my dolls safely, away from the sun and cats 2) not overspend at DollCon Dallas 3) restringing and a new faceup for my 13 year old Luts KDF Darae 4) try not to impulse buy new dolls 5) enjoy the dolls I have

I definitely did not keep with my 2025 doll goals, but maybe I'll have better luck in the new year!

 

My 2026 dolls goals are as planned:

1. No new dolls - prioritize the dolls I already own and try not to impulse buy. I spent an absurd amount of money on uncle dolls over the past 1-2 years during somewhat manic episodes only to regret my purchase as soon as the doll arrived (tbh it was more like 50% of the time, I did receive some dolls this year that will remain in my collection forever).
2. Continue to downsize/sell and curate my collection to the point where I’m happy. I have a few more dolls to sell and then I’ll feel good with where I’m at. My room was getting reallll cluttered (I had 12 uncle dolls in my room at one time and it was so overstimulating and suffocating like I had no space for myself it was just dolls everywhere).
3. Finish a few doll specific projects - give my Moonlit Wonder Akheilos a Sephiroth inspired faceup, buy elastic and restring my 5th Motif Venitu and Goohwa (they’re somehow both floppy and kicky waaaa), wipe my LLT Roderich and give him a new faceup, make wigs for my boys, sew clothes for my boys.
4. Finish shelling Sephiroth - buy/make the clothes and armor. Wig and eyes are done.
5. Dedicate a better space for my boys and find some props for them. Eventually I’d love to make a room box for them but I need to find the space for it.
6. I’d love to make a fairy house for my DreamHigh Studio tinies with stick furniture and mushrooms and cute little cottage things. Dream project tbh.
7. CREATE DOLL PROFILES. oh my god I’ve been on this site for over a decade and have never created a single doll profile. I have all my ocs written down in a note on my phone and haven’t taken the time to write it out on here.
8. Bring my dolls out more!!! I want to take them with me to conventions, places I travel to, etc. I also want to work on taking better photos of my dolls and doing themed photoshoots.
9. And overall I just want to be more active on here. I’ve been on this site for 15 years, which is crazy to think, and I feel like I’ve barely contributed.

I think that’s it for now!!! Considering the fact I had no plans for 2025 other than acquire grail dolls I think this is pretty good

 

- Complete layaway for Luts Niya & Loe
- Sew a mini wardrobe for my imda 1.7
- Take advantage of summer weather to do faceups
- Maaaaybe do a photoshoot with my dolls?
- Who am I kidding, I'll probably buy more dolls (elfinstore? myou?)

My focus has shifted to tiny dolls over the last year - including some off topic dolls - because they're so much easier to display in the tiny amount of space available to me. (It's just one 50cm wide shelf). It also helps that their clothes and accessories are much cheaper than BJDs. Now that I'm busy with university I don't have as much time to dedicate to sewing and it's easier/more relaxing to enjoy the dress up & photo side of the hobby. My 1/4 BJDs are sleeping in a box under my desk until I have the time to sew them again...