Doll Plans 2018!

1:ACCESSORY/CLOTHING SHOPPING FOR MY BABIES. (Need to get my DF-A Hejiu his forever outfit....a Stacy's Pink Ocean Cheangsam)
2:Hopefully by the end of 2018 I will have purchased my first tiny from Loongsoul. (Either Hupo or Liuli)
3:Receive my DF-A Hejiu, who I purchased from ACBJD in April.
4:Get my Miao Miao a body blush/face up. Also get my DF-A deer pet and AoD Piggy back from their faceups/body blushing adventure!

 

I only want to finally add a SD girl to my family. I'd be completely satisfied with that.

 

1. I'm keeping an eye peeled for a girl doll. So far all of my dolls are boys.
2. Make clothing for them.
3. Finish my Umaru-chan cosplay outfit for Soom Feny aka Roland.
4. Make eyes.

 

Yea well, of course I wasn't able to stick to my original doll plans for 2018... instead of focusing on the dolls I already have and completing them, I have now managed to order 2 new dolls and I'm saving up money to buy a 3rd doll!!!
Anyone else not being able to stick to their 2018 plans?!!

 

Well this year I've already put an order in for a Peak's Woods Little Lottie and a Doll Chateau Sharon head! No idea when they're going to arrive but I still need to order a body for my head.

I've already got everything I need for my Lottie and I'll figure out what eyes, wig and clothes I want for my Sharon when she arrives.

 

PLANS
-pay off Daish
-pay off Faline parts decided against her won't spend this money and im not too fussed on anthro's anyhow
- nYID Oscar sometime around end of year... Christmas sale maybe?
- any bodies I can manage without $$problems.
-hope for a BID or KID "BOY"
-keep hunting missing outfits on 2nd hand markets (any not just here)
- order about $500 worth of ridiculous LARGE furniture.
- get at least 2 backdrops preferably 4. and see if i can locate 'wallpaper that works for 'period' settings.
- list a unique furniture item and see if it can get good money... or i keep it... to hard to part with otherwise.

Get rid of bed in spare room... by this fall I want it gone... either in the basement or sold I don't care. I want a 'working table I can to photography on

 

My plans are:
1. Practice doing faceups on my Souldoll floating head
2. To buy her a body when I have the funds
3. Learn how to sew and make some cute doll clothes

 

PLANS FOR 2018:

I need to do:

• Sell my Dollshe Ausley Love.
• Make a diorama.
• Learn how to make resin eyes.
• Attend a local bjd meet.
• Work on Galadon and Shrkhan's face-up.
• Attend the Doll North Convention.
• Decided to sell my Volks SDMidi Williams.
• Sell my Ringdoll K head.
  
• Sell my Ringdoll Kane head.
• Sell my Dollshe Molly.
• Make a hand-held harp for Galadon. (**will commission BJDDouterie on Etsy**)
• Suede all my dolls. (**not necessary anymore**)

I need to buy:

• Buy some fibres for wig-making.
• Buy my grail: a Volks Williams Romantic Glance Ver. (**change of plans**)
• Buy my first Dollfie Dream: Volks DD Mayu. (**change of plans**)
• Commission BJDDouterie to make a harp/lyre for Galadon. (**in progress**)
• Commission someone to make some clothes for Galadon. (**in progress**)
• Commission someone to make a “Iason Mink” cosplay for Galadon. (**change of plans**)
• Buy suede.

Waiting for:

• Dollshe 26F Classic body in fresh skin.
• Angelsdoll Lucia head in white skin.

 

June is coming up fast! So let's take a look at what I've managed to accomplish in the first half of 2018:

• Focus on paying off my final big layaway from 2017. (Darn you Luts for creating an instant limited Grail for your December winter event!!!) And then my last remaining Grail (a Volks sleeping SD10 4-sisters) suddenly popped up in the marketplace at the beginning of the year, so I jumped at the chance to put her on layaway too. So yeah, paying off these two grails is absolute priority #1 in 2018. (My Volks Sd grail girl is paid for! My Luts grail boy is still in progress...)

• And then...I've promised myself absolutely no more resin purchases in 2018! If they aren't on a layaway plan by now, there's simply no room for them. Epic fail I'm afraid!I did purchase a Volks SDC head by convincing myself it was okay because I already had a body for it, so there was no increase in my numbers. But then I fell madly in love with another adorable Volks MSD full doll in the marketplace, and her "old-school cute factor" absolutely blew my resolution completely out of the water!

***But on the plus side, while spring cleaning and refining my doll displays, I actually edited 4 dolls out of my current collection and sold them (which is something I hadn't planned on)...that freed up space at least, so I'm currently okay.

• Start journaling about my collection in the beautiful leather-bound ChicSparrow journal I purchased especially for this purpose. After 11 years in the hobby, I finally feel it's time to start getting their stories, photos and information down on paper in a cohesive and creative way.

• Add more of my dolly profiles here on DoA! (12 added...so I'm already counting this as a success!)

• Make a start on sewing a special fantasy-based wardrobe for my incoming Luts Grail doll and his consort, Second-hand Rose. (4 completed for her...3 completed for him, all done!)

• Finally decide on a character and complete the face-up and artwork for my one remaining blank doll...a Doll Chateau Bella on their extended joints body. I adore her sculpt/body combination so much! But the possibilities are truly endless for this girl, which is why I'm having so much trouble deciding what to do with her. (Twigg is finally completed!)

• Decide on a character and a name for my incoming Volks Grail girl (I never thought I'd actually find one, so I'm totally unprepared!) Decide on a wig and eyes for her, and start working on pulling together a wardrobe for her once I've finally determined her style. And create an appropriate display space for her as well. (All preparations for this doll are now complete!)

• Complete my newly acquired Volks SDC's face-up. (Done!) Come up with a name and character for her, and then decide on a style for her wardrobe. (Also done!)

• Recreate Murphy's tattoos on her new body. (It was a daunting task, but it's finally done!)

• Refine and spring clean all my doll displays! (Hooray...done!)

 

TO DO:

• Get my Juri 2014 a faceup
• Sand and Blush her body
• Find a wig and eyes I don't hate
• Sell(?) my Littlefee

DOLLS I'M ALLOWING MYSELF TO BUY:

• Nanuri 2016 (doubtful)
• Mellowed DollZone 1/4 boy body

 

I'm back with a new list! Since I surprisingly somehow managed to complete most of my initial list in the first half of this year, I've decided to come up with a second list for the second half of 2018, with new goals added.

• Continue paying off layaways for my Luts grail boy and my marketplace impulse buy Volks MSD girl. (Luts grail boy is paid off! Volks MSD is paid off.)

• Create some fun outdoor fairy gardens to photograph 1/12 scale dolls. (Completed 2 living miniature gardens that will serve my Realpuki very well...so I'm counting this one as done!)

• Finally start on that doll journal I've been so excited about...I have a lot of stories to tell! (This is finally underway...hooray for new beginnings!)

• Continue adding to my dolly profiles here on DoA, and buy an account upgrade so I'll have room to add my entire crew. (New profiles added...about 2/3 done so far...and account upgrade purchased.)

• Re-work the company face-up on my Amerai Scraps Illusion to better suit her unique character. (I'm very happy with my final result, so I can finally call this one done!)

• Massive tattoos for Barrio! (This was quite an undertaking that I'd been putting off for over 2 years, but hooray...it's finally done!)

• Create a fun ghostly training wardrobe for Yokai. (Done!)

• Finally get around to blushing all those ears and horns that have been awaiting completion. (Yay...done!)

• Carefully go over everyone's names and make certain my choices are definitively correct. I know this may seem like a no-brainer...but this has become a real issue for me. Some of my dolls have gone through multiple name changes looking for the perfect one, and I'm still not completely satisfied. I need to really nail these down for good, once and for all, and I feel like I need to devote an entire day just to doing this! (Hooray! It took intense focus and research over a 24 hour period, but I finally made myself do it. Now everyone has a name that truly suits their character and I'm finally 100% happy!)

 

2018 plans:

• Wait for two dolls to arrive (with varying levels of patience)
• Buy a couple of new wigs
• Potentially replace eyes
• Narrow down my Pinterest list re: fantasy outfits
• Replace some of my sewing supplies that are too old to work well anymore
• Learn how to make MSD-sized shoes
• Consider getting some kind of display shelf or case to put dolls in
• Stop looking at new dolls and start working on the ones I have

 

No more dolls... I said at the start of the year, NO MORE.
Thanks Ciro, little Loki, and Chris 1(Hemsworth) and Chris 2(Evans) and whoever else shows up before the end of this year. I feel like Bilbo Baggins with the dwarves. “And who are you?” Every time a parcel arrives...

 

Going to 'refine' the list.. have to change a bit of order and how

PLANS
- pay off Daish <-one more and if i have the spare cash add a wig to get sent.
- nYID Oscar sometime around end of year... Christmas sale maybe?
- any bodies I can manage without $$problems.
-hope for a BID or KID "BOY"
-keep hunting missing outfits on 2nd hand markets (any not just here)
- order about $500 $??? worth of ridiculous LARGE furniture. they added stuff so no idea how bad this will get lol need to split the order so...
* library cabinet and 2 lamps
* ottoman stool(s?)
* swivel chair/s (not sure of this one)
* get at least 2 backdrops preferably 4. and see if i can locate 'wallpaper that works for 'period' settings.
- list a unique furniture item and see if it can get good money... or i keep it... to hard to part with otherwise.

Get rid of bed in spare room... by this fall I want it gone... either in the basement or sold I don't care. I want a 'working table I can to photography

 

Plot and bide my time.

 

Nendoroid Doll will be my first foray into this hobby

 

I'm almost done saving for my Doll Family H Qing Lang who I am turning into a galaxy character. I have already purchased his eyes, wig and am planning on sewing his clothes for myself. I have this idea planned out, so soon I am going to start planning for my next character who will be his dark counterpart. It is exciting to be getting back into the hobby after such a long break from it.

 

Okay, so now that I’m back working, I can afford doll things again, which is cool. So, things I need to buy:

-E and Fierene and, Ateryu, Dacrya, Miracle, Azrael and C need eyes.
-C, Fierene, Mercy, Ateryu and Dacrya need bodies, but Ateryu is put off till I get his head or see something blue and secondhand. Mercy is put off indefinitely. Dacrya is put off until her head comes in.
-Tacet may get rebodied to an AS body, and Morte May get an FtM feeple 60
-frost needs a head, please, in the year of our lord 20gayteen, they need a photo shoot
-Thanatos needs a faceup. Holy Night, does he ever need a face up. C, E, Azrael and Cacophony all need faces. Once they arrive, Miracle, Dacrya, Ateryu and Frost will need them as well. Mercy and Red need theirs redone.
-Azrael needs a wardrobe, and Dollmore looks close to her size. E needs a shirt. C needs clothing in his size. Overall I just need more clothes.
-silver leaves/other wing supplies

Options: Carmilla head/twigling body/soom dragony feet for Varanus. Head off the MP for Morte.

Things I have to do:
-wings for: miracle’s reaper form, mercy, red, Morte, Katherine, Ateryu, Rina, Balik, famine, C, Jack, Chromis, Dacrya, Lilith. Magnets into Azrael’s wings.
-Jo. Needs. Jacket. (Also grim needs one with a back flap to let wings out)
-Rina’s armour, Dacrya’s armour, horseman of the apocalypse armour, jack’s Wings probably look like armour. Would Tacet have armour?
-scar up Rina, Balik, Tacet, E, Cacophony, Grim, Jo, Jack, Thanatos, possibly Miracle, red, C, Ateryu, Katherine, Dacrya.
-body blushing for DC Clemans, Jo, Balik, Frost, grim (at least his wings?)
-boob mod on Jo, and ftm on Morte if he gets Tacet’s body.

 

Eyyy, I forgot about this. Let's see how things have been going:

* I got a sewing machine, so I will finally make some clothes. Just in time, because... (Nope. I've barely even taken it out of the box, let alone used it. Hopefully I can on my next job.) (Nope again! I could barely ship all my other stuff, let alone a sewing machine. I found a website for making patterns though, so that's good at least.)

* I am going to finally get my girl's body! There is a sale going on, and I think I can squeak it just in time. Which is good because this body's not cheap. And once I get that... (I could not squeak it after all. Turns out my rent wasn't taken out yet. But these plans are finally back in motion. Her headcap is slowly but steadily making its way to Granado.) (Turns out the headcap was unnecessary, but the body is due here any day now, woot!)

* I can save for one more body and complete my collection! His body is way cheaper and should be easier to save for. And with no more doll purchases... (About that... Most of his body money went to yet another head! I should be able to save it back up pretty fast, but the problem is that the preorder for the body for said head could come out at anytime. Meaning that I need to save up that potential amount, then his head amount if I want to be ready. Only my current job ends soon, so I will be incomeless for a month, delaying it further. Sigh, at least my new job pays more. Too bad it is half the length.) (Turns out I didn't even click with the head, so I sold it and got the one I have been dancing around getting for a while now. Still no money for any bodies, I've been borrowing heavily from my savings for my new job and I need to pay myself back.)

* Faceup supplies should be easy to save for. I can finally get everyone looking as they should. Hopefully I be able to finally work up the courage to wipe Elliot. (I did get faceup supplies after all. Now I just need to do the faceups. Shame I forgot my sealant at my parents' house, I could be doing them now. And I did a partial wipe of Elliot to finally get rid of his mascara, but I'll have to see if it actually works out or if I have to start afresh.) (Faceups done for Elliot and Ollie, yay! And I think they need redoing. But I am waiting till I have all my heads here before doing so. I think I might be able to do everyone this summer. Well, probably not Gobbie though, she still needs dyeing.)

Also, maybe a camera? Could be nice. Hopefully, no new dolls catch my attention and no expensive things need to be purchased. But I broke my no new dolls rule twice last year. I have a good feeling this time though. (Yeah, I just pushed back a camera a good bit. Though depending on my saving skills and any future jobs it could still be a possibility.) (Still a ways off, but not out of the realm of possibility. My current job offers opportunities for great photos, but I must admit my new phone is -was?- fine for that.)

Let's add on some things:

Doll profiles! I was waiting to get someone complete and painted up before I made any, and Elliot is so close. And Ollie should be hard to do once her body is here.

Finally mod Gobbie. I've been putting it off forever, but the poor dear needs some more love. Need to get over my fears.

 

After returning to the hobby, I purchased one doll from the marketplace and one from Crobidoll. Now waiting for the Crobidoll order still. My plans for the rest of the year includes:

• Get different outfits for both dolls. One set in military gear to fit their character stories.
• Get some furniture for them to sit on. Possibly a couch.
• Find some miniature tea sets for photo props
• Create profiles for both once both dolls are ready (wig might need some trial and error)
• Possibly restring one of my dolls
• Sell some Pullips to create funds for BJDs