Doll itch, that feeling you get...and Dolls and Children

I've just recently gotten into the hobby, so I've started to accumulate a few 'practice' dolls - mostly Resinsoul because they are lovely and affordable for practicing faceup, sewing, etc. As many times as I've wiped and painted my first doll head, I'd hate to do that to a doll that cost 1K-ish. I'd like to be able to get an Iplehouse or Volks someday, but for now I'm pretty happy.

I'm replying mostly to share my kiddo stories. I have a 7-year-old and an 11-year-old. I've taken my older kid to a meet with some folks who I know would be good with a responsible child looking at the dolls. She now thinks that I should save up and buy her a Volks. She's definitely got some delusions of grandeur. Both of my girls have their own dolls. My younger loves her lalaloopsies and recently graduated to AG dolls. The older one has some off-topic J-dolls. They both seem happy to continue to play with their dolls and have regained interest in their own since I picked up this hobby in the last 6 months. We've been able to all sit together and share play time in an even better way now. I think it's made me a better mother for that and gives us something to share. Another point for affordable dolls, as I'd be less likely to let my kids handle a grail doll. Now I'm not so sure I need one...at least not until they are older.

 

Dscokween - Your kids sound BJD collectors in the making...>w> But maybe instead of buying her a Volks have her save up for one..Or pay for shipping or a wig as long as she pays for the full doll.

 

I suppose the desire to buy the next doll on my wishlist could be called a doll itch. It is a kind of mental itch in that I spend a lot of time thinking about them. I just bought fabric to make my intended next clothes. Which isn't saying much, as it's half a yard of black quilters' cotton. I'm also itching to get the Puki Puki I ordered four months ago!

I'm too young to have kids, so my only 'baby' is a large cat. I am careful to keep fur wigs away from him, but he doesn't bother my dolls.

 

Edward Streeter said that 'travel is 90% anticipation' - well for me the doll hobby is too! I love planning my next doll - and it's not materialistic, I just enjoy having something to plan and look forward to. I don't have the opportunity to plan a vacation, so I plan a doll instead! I guess being 'broody' for a new doll is another way to describe it - my imagination is trying to 'give birth' to a new character.

as for children, my son is 20yrs old - I gave him one of my older, cheaper dolls last year, with clothes, wigs etc. but he's not really interested - although he likes her enough to keep her sitting on the shelf. He does come and admire my dolls if I ask him to as well - not that he says anything more complementary than 'ugh yeah - that horrible thing looks a lot better with clothes on now!' (of my anthros - he thinks they are abominations of nature LOL)

 

Well, yeah, it's quite itchy right now. I have almost completed my group of Avengers. I found a body for my pre-final doll. Now there is just one more to go, and although he is not superpricey, there is just not even that money left. I just have to be patient, but from time to time I look at his salespage, and it is not really easy to be happy just with the pictures. And no, I am no longer a stay at home mum. But my wage is not that great to afford a doll easily. But that's okay.

 

Yeah, pretty much the feeling I have right now. Usually I get the feeling not when Im not buying dolls for a while, but instead, when I get a doll. When I get a new doll there comes this feeling of wanting even more. I dont know why, but it wears of with the time.

 

Yes, though I think it is because I am waiting for a doll. The manufacturer is late in sending her so... I'm 'hitching' to buy one.

 

It's really cool to hear about hobbyists who have dolls and children! I'd someday like to have a family and I'd love to be able to have kids interested in the hobby too. Especially if it meant doing little sewing projects and such.

I have found it hard not to really be able to buy anything when you have a lists, and you haven't been able to buy a doll in a while. It's been about a month since I bought one of my grail dolls, but before that it was over five months (because I had to save). Saving is really hard because there's sooooo many dolls out there. x.x Especially with all the limiteds.

 

Oh dear....I am having the itch right now! But I am fighting it because there are some other things I need to buy first.

About kids and dolls....I raised my two daughters around very fragile antique dolls and they were taught to never touch without permission.
My youngest was very interested in BJD's and she had 2 and 1 Obitsu....I was sure she would be a future doll buddy but she lost interest!
She gave me her dolls.

 

Oh boy do I ever have that itch... But none of my wishlist dolls are anywhere to be found, so the "I-need-a-doll-NOW" feeling is just gonna get worse and worse... The worst part is I just got a doll for my birthday last month! I have so many mini-size dolls now that I feel like I need more SD-size dolls to have more "balance" (read: more dolls). I'm determined not to let myself give in to the itch until I find one of my dream dolls for sale - I don't want to have to sell any more dolls because I don't love them, and I'm never going to get any of my dream dolls if I keep buying every other doll that comes along!

 

I generally only get the urge to buy dolls when I see dolls I want to buy. Which sounds obvious, but I mean that, unless I'm actively seeking out new dolls to look at, I don't just look at my collection and go "hmmm, needs more dolls". And sometimes even looking at dolls doesn't make me want to purchase anything. There was a year or so long period where nothing new really appealed to me, and so my dolly acquiring just got put on hold. In contrast, I recently bought my first complete spur-of-the-moment, "literally minutes between seeing and paying in full" doll. That was less of an itch and more of a sharp sudden desire :XD

 

I get the itch and that's why I can't seem to cut my collection down to just a few dolls. I'll plan to be done, and think I am, and then.....I start getting bored. Sometimes, I think I enjoy character creation and getting a doll together a lot more than I enjoy just owning it. Probably true, as it seems I get rid of dolls as often as I buy more.

I can't comment on the kid part, as my only living "child" is a fur baby. Not quite the same!

 

I have that itch right now. >.< I've been waiting 4 months for dolls i ordered and I fear I have at least another 2 months to go. I feel like I should by one from the marketplace to hold me over in the wait. It's not healthy and rather impulsive. But I would get dolls that I had previously planned to get anyway so maybe it is not that bad.

 

I'm just starting and already found the 3 dolls I want in my life. I've bought 1 but my partner says I need to wait for the other 2. ( So cruel...but right...