2026 Goals For The Year

I've been meaning to post on this but the last couple months have been wonky for me.

My goals for this year aren't that different from my goals for last year, annoyingly.
Main goal: finish customizing the dolls for me dnd character and her friends by nyc dollcon. This is....going. I tested the airbrush and sealed her body parts for blushing, but i need to wipe it off some of them because I got heavy handed. I haven't colcor matched her friend's body yet because i feel like it probably needs to be primed first, but the primer i have is a spray can and it's wayyyy to cold for that. For that matter, it's also been too cold for the airbrush (since we need to open a window to vent the spray booth through, and I'm not doing that when it's -20 out). I've been trying to modify a couple heads to see which I like better. I just started ear mods on one today. I don't really like doing sculpting mods, so hopefully this will continue to go okay-ish so i can get them done by the end of this month, to spend most of March working on the faceup. And the wig...whihc i'm sort of dreading because i don't like making wigs either. But I got the wig I had for her taken apart and overdyed to be a more suitable color, so at least I started something for it. I also started drafting a bag to carry them in.

I still haven't decided if I'm going to keep the two boys who've been waiting for me to customize them for the past few years. I don't have a lot of motivation to work on them, but I also am feeling some of the sunk-cost fallacy about the idea of selling them. *shrug*

I haven't started anything for the customization of the doll I got to be a different one of my dnd characters (a tiefling bard), but he can wait until I have my main girl and her bestie done. And I haven't received the off topic girl i impulsively ordered last spring yet, so working on her will probably be a much later in the year or next year project.

I don't think I'll get any more dolls. I haven't seen any new ones I really want or am willing to spend so much on, and the idea of moving is still in the air for us, so I don't want to add more to my group if I'm just going to need to move them right away anyway.

I do want to do more sewing for my girl and her friend. They'll still need their formal outfits, and I had an idea for another one for her too that I'm excited about (hopefully the fabric will behave so it will look the way it does in my head). But those will be projects for after the con. I also still want to make way more accessories for them. She needs her sword and a fishing net. He needs his healer's kit and some whittling tools, and maybe a book. IDK where i'd get 1/3 scale whittling tools or a fishing net, but that can be a problem for future me.

I want to take some nice pictures of them, so I'll need to work on photography skills. And maybe figure out some photo props for them too...

 

Goals for 2026!

I had a great time crushing goals in 2025 and hope 2026 is as successful!

Definite Plans

• Photograph, craft, and sew more for all my dolls especially now that the crew has expanded!
• New manicures for new sets of current hands! Acquire more hands (hand holding ones!) and feet too!
• Get faceups for at least the two blank heads! Maybe a new faceup for Miyuki so she's no longer default.
• Attend more doll meets including Dolpa in September!
• Upgrade to better wigs.
• Upgrade to all glass eyes for the crew.
• Sell off or give away doll items I no longer need or want.
• Do changing themes for the doll cabinet!
• At least monthly outfit changes for the girls! And look into some themed outfits.
• Get shoes and accessories!

Maybe Plans

• TBD

Good luck everyone in fulfilling your goals! I fulfilled my last 2025 goal by getting doll bags back in January! So that chapter is officially closed. Can't wait to see where 2026 will take us!

 

I want to save for a new 1/3 boy and save a lot incase a grail comes along! I'm planning to not buy another doll though for at least the majority of this year unless its a grail.
What I do plan to spend money on this year is lots of stuff to build my clothes collection for my volks boy! I also plan to rename him, flesh out his character, and maybe even mod his faceup!