Anyone else forgets the name of their doll's sculpt..? Lol

I don’t forget and I have over 30 bjd, but I have documentation of them all anyway. It’s helpful to have the information in case something happens to me and someone else needs to sell my dolls. I have a big collection of other dolls that I keep track of for that reason also.

 

Write everything down. I didn't touch some of my dolls for nearly 10 years and there's no way I would have remembered anything if my young self didn't write almost every detail down! I'm still missing one doll arrival date which I feel bad about. I did write it down but I also wrote 3 different dates down in different places.

 

With my minimee heads i wrote in acrylic the name of the sculpt and others i have written on a piece of paper and put it into the head. With bodies I have to work it out

 

I have 63 dolls (egads!) And while I’m pretty good at remembering them all, I am very judicious about keeping up with my dolls list and Doll Profiles here on DoA. Once a doll is completed it goes on the list and I post a Doll Profile for it right away. It can be a godsend when you forget something later on.

 

I'm very organized in the way I keep things documented, otherwise I would absolutely forget some sculpts. I keep all basic information and then little snippets about their story.

 

Usually i remember all names and sculpts, but when I returned from my 5+ year hiatus, I had forgotten some of info, including few names. That’s why I’m pretty happy I had my database.

I still have a rule to keep all main information about my dolls. I find it helpful in many ways.

 

I do remember sculpt names, but I forget the names I give them! Makes me wonder why I bother to rename them.

Like others here, I also keep records of all pertinent info about each doll: company, sculpt, skin color, measurements, date of purchase, price, etc.

 

I forget my own name if I have a bad day No seriously, seconding the use of documentation. It is so helpful. Say something breaks and you need a replacement. Maybe you want to sell a doll or doll part along the way. Or someone just asks you - hey cool doll, who are they?

If all else fails, you can always post a pic of the mysterious doll and ask the good folks here about the sculpt name. But keep your paperwork at all costs, like invoices etc, because, see above

I already had a few dolls when I realized documenting them would be a good thing, so I had to reconstruct everything from scratch, going through my posts, journal entries, everything. From then on I made a habit of keeping everything up to date. Yes, I tend to learn the hard way...

 

It can be incredibly hard to find information too, so I'd start documenting now as best you can. For example, the sales page for the doll could be gone next year. Even the company can be gone in a year! If you don't have too many dolls, you can usually figure out the sculpt if you know the maker plus the resin tone based off options available on the page. Users here would be happy to help you ID, if you need help, but resin tones are very hard without anything to compare to! It's even worse because WS turns to a lighter NS color over time.

 

It helps that I only have three, and they're quite tiny (all below 20cm) so I can keep their COAs/receipts in their box, but I have two copies of their details - a digital copy of their documentation (receipts, emails, plus digital 'sticky notes' with their names, company & sculpt name, and some measurements) and any physical documents that came with them (barring the shipping manifests). If you want to be 100% sure, whenever you get a new doll (even if it's just 'new to you') find a copy place and make copies of their documents and keep them in a special file folder somewhere safe, but where you'll remember it is. You could also swap it round - keep the copies with the box in case of water damage, and the originals in a wooden or plastic file box safe from sun damage and water.

Some people keep a sort of 'album' of all their dolls, with a photo of the doll and a little info sheet of the doll's name, company name, sculpt name, skin tone, approximate age (usually calculated based on when the doll was ordered vs when it arrived) and how much was paid for the doll. It's mostly the older crowd that does it, as it makes it easier for people to find out what to do with one's 'estate'; basically, giving them an approximate idea of the doll's worth in case they want/need to sell your dolls after you've gone. Morbid as it is, this is a really good idea if you have a lot of dolls, because it centralizes all the information in one easy to reference place. Plus, you stay in this hobby long enough and you hear the horror stories of teens going off to college and returning to find their parents donated their dolls to a thrift store or sold them at a garage sale for a pittance.