Confessions of Doll love: First time <3

The doll I'm most attached to is the first one I bought and paid for, but not the first one to come home - Custom House takes their sweet time as many know. So my poor first boy (Paul, my CH LJ Mars) wasn't even home when his boyfriend (Robin, my AoD Xun) arrived. I'm very fond of Robin too, but Paul's my most precious, the doll version of my main character (for RP and a book I'm working on.) I have dolls that I've bought since that have cost a lot more, but I'd be more upset if something happened to Paul. Currently I'm resigning myself to the fact that his faceup could use redoing. But I'm sure when I manage to send him off, he'll come back even more adorable. I did take the leap and mod Robin recently, since there were things about his face shape that didn't entirely fit with his character or my other dolls. I like him even more now that he looks more like the character in my head.

I don't take them with me everywhere, but I don't like being away from home with no dolls either. I took Paul to Canada with me in my carry-on bag, and I've taken him and a few of my others to conventions. And most of my dolls have been in the house of my friend who also collects. We get together and have little accessory-making, faceup practice or sewing parties.

 

I have this with my first doll, Ichabod. I usually rotate who goes out with me, but if I just want to cuddle, I reach for Ichabod. I sometimes refer to him as "my cuddly" or "my snuggly". It really took until he was 'complete' for the bond to be quite so strong, though. I bought his wig on a whim and plopped it on him, couple of weeks later I have his entire history playing out in my head. After he had a personality and some back story we bonded very quickly.

 

That "doll love" is still going on with my first BJD, Hikaru. It's been a little over 4 years since I've had him I still baby him like he's just brand new. He's usually the one I take with me to cons or just fun places or activities in general. I don't "play" with my dolls as much anymore (photoshoots, sewing for them, and the like) because of time constraints but I still like to have them around my desk when I'm working--and yes, about 99% of the time it's Hikaru either on my lap or sitting on the desk by my side. I do love my entire collection, however he's really the only one whom I would be pretty torn up over if he were to ever get stolen or damaged beyond saving.

It's kinda funny because he's probably the most simply dressed out of all my other dolls (just a hoodie and cargo pants, in comparison to a couple of my Dollheart clothing-wearing dolls), but I've tinkered with his outfit the most. The doll is based off of the protagonist in my stories and art, and I keep trying to get him closer to that image...even going as far as dyeing a pair of cargo pants from Tata's Paradise black because they weren't offering any in that color (the process was more of a pain than I'd expected, and I hope to never have to do this again...) and I wanted THAT style. I've had him wear other cargos from various makers but they were either too short, too thin, too baggy.

It's just....sad, I know.

 

I think it's so cute that you slept with your doll... I've thought about it... I think it would be really comforting, but I'm way too afraid to attempt it. I know my MSD is way too small... I don't want to roll over her in the night and crush her. T_T;; And I'm not sure if I would be brave enough to try with my SD. Once I'm asleep I don't really move that much, so it would probably be okay, but I don't know if I'd want to risk it.

I think Haiiro's boy is getting kind of annoyed with me. We usually pose he and my girl in some kind of snuggly pose before we go to bed... but every night when I come home from work I pick Cookie up so I can snuggle her. I think he's getting really irritated I'm cutting into his time with his lady.

 

Being in this hobby for only a few years I never purchased a doll that I felt like close too till my Dollstown 7yr old - Fleur came into the crew. Her face up was done by Christy Stone and since seeing her lovely sad face I can't help but stop each time I pass her to tell her how lovely she is. I pick her up and fiddle around with her clothes more often that I do my other dolls... could be because she sits in my night stand next to the bed. Yes, you can say that I've boned with this doll. Taking her everywhere I go would look odd for a person over 50, but I do splurge and take her to Renaissance faires.

 

I showered my first doll with love back in 04. I used to carry him around with me and he was always by my side or in my arms when I was at home. He got me into sewing/ crafting so I'm definitely happy for that. My love for dolls is still just as strong as it was back then but after I sold him, I was never as affectionate towards my other dolls. These days I usually have one on my desk neaby and the rest on shelfs not to far away.

 

I'm completely obsessed with my Littlefee, Emma, right now. I've been posting on her blog every day, taking lots of pics of her, buying her clothes, etc. She sat and watched Harry Potter with my son and I, and is currently resting on the sofa with me while I'm on the laptop. She's my first BJD, and the first doll I've wanted to carry around the house with me.

 

They seem like your children. I was afraid to hold my first doll. Then I couldn't have enough clothes or wigs. lol When you take them places people do often look at you very strangely!

 

I completely adore my two complete dolls and take out by bodiless boy from time to time to gaze at him adoringly . I don't feel the need to take my dolls outside, but I do place them on my desk while I work (at home) and photograph them when the fancy takes me. They are not kept in boxes or behind curtains because I want to see them all the time. I really couldn't say which one I love more - all three are different and I think I can say I love them all equally. Maybe that is why I feel that three or four is my maximum number. There's also a limit to the number of dolls I can fit on my desk and still do my work... :P

But I certainly couldn't choose between my dolls and I don't have a favourite. I feel like they belong together and complement each other.

 

Ok... Huge Comfession time...

I started collecting BJD in Feb 12. It was all SDinks fault!
I was surfing the web and stumbled on her website, the worse thing that ever happened to my bank ballance!

I now have 3 EID's 2 SID's on there way & 6 Pukipuki's.
Altough I have sold a uge collection of vynal dolls recently to help fund them.

I think I have an addiction to Pukipuki Pongpong... How many is too many?

 

I felt like that a bit when I got my Iple House Barahan. He was a sore disappointment to me, and I felt kind of guilty over my reaction, I think, so I kept him close to me for months. He's been in pieces for many weeks now as I wait for him to get a nice faceup, and I've been feeling both sad and nervous because I had his default makeup wiped and he's so far away from me right now and I don't know what he's going to look like.. It's extremely nerve-wracking.

 

Max has always been my baby-wayby darling poochie-woochie sweetie pie, favored above all other dolls even when he was an Obitsu. I would have liked to take him everywhere then, but I didn't have a bag that wouldn't stain him (and was paranoid about setting him down somewhere that would stain him) so he ended up getting reshelled as a Dollzone Joe. For the longest time something didn't seem right about this new Max and it made me really worried that I made the wrong decision, but one day I stuck a blond wig on him and ripped out his (very annoying) eyelashes, and voila--he was like "O HAY BOSS LONG TIME NO SEE." He's been stuck to my hip ever since. I am so happy I can just put him down wherever I like now and carry him without worrying that he'll get a stain somewhere on him from what I'm wearing.

 

First time I saw a fairyland doll online, I knew I had to have one. I'm still saving up though haha

 

I only have one doll right now, and I absolutely LOVE him. He was a gift to me from a good friend of mine and I treat him like royalty. I make so many clothes for him, talk to him like he would speak back, lay next to me in bed or just sit on my lap while I browse the internet.

Now that I have my second doll, my dream doll, on layaway, I have a feeling my attention would be switched to the new one instead of my current.....But I'll love them both, for sure.

 

It's a widely known 'secret' that I keep a certain tall doll at an arm's reach whenever I'm at home. He's also my only currently owned doll that never crossed my mind to sell now that I needed the money. I just can't do without him around. xD just looking at him cheers me up, and his weight when I'm holding him is calming and reassuring.

I can't sleep with my dolls, although I've cuddled them countless times when I'm playing games lying down or am reading books, not because I'm afraid I'll knock them down but rather because my bed is really tall - the mattress surface is at about 85cm off the floor- and in the off chance they do fall I wouldn't want anything to happen to them. My MSDs stay on my bedside table at night so you might say we sleep 'next' to one another.

 

I understand. Im like that with my Soni (a Luts Soony) I love her more than anything. I have several other dolls but she's always the first in my thoughts, the one that i want to take Everywhere. I feel bad sometimes, like im neglecting the others. So i make sure to rotate when i take them out.

 

I was quite a bit more hands-on with my dolls when I was new in the hobby, but that doesn't mean I've stopped squealing (inwardly) over how pretty they still are now. My collection gives me a great deal of enjoyment, just not take-them-everywhere-around-the-house kinda way.

 

I just got my boy yesterday, and i just can't put him down I brought him to school today to show my friends and they all reacted very well to him, which was nice.

 

I love my DDoll Lia, Genevieve, and my Souldoll Iraki, 13, the most. I don't know what it is but I got them home and they were just right. They are even dolly-dating right now.

 

I know how it feels. I want to take Sayuri with me everywhere! Usually I spend quite a lot time looking for new shoes, outfits and wigs she could use.