Doll plans for 2025

Maybe 2025 will be the year I finally marry Hina

 

• I know it will be a fail if I say "buying no doll in 2025", but at least I plan no dolly purchase.
• I'd like to sell some dolls, at least 5, maybe more. In my wildest dreams, I become reasonable and go back to 50 BJD. (I'm at 62 now, with two more ordered)
• I'd like to find the time to paint one doll tattoo (the one I didn't in 2024)
• I'd like to continue sewing outfits, and maybe buy no already made outfit.
• I'd like to continue crafting wigs, and buy no wigs at all.
• I'd like to finish my dragon skull helmet prototype. It's in progress since 2019 ^^'

It's in the line with my 2024 goals.

 

2025 Goal :

• Buy no doll except a DoDollsDream Miss Marionette in Woodland Echo
• Before April, sell all outfits that I no longer want to keep
• If possible, sell my Iplehouse Reese
• Continue to make wigs
• Finish the makeup for Iplehouse Beagle, that has been too long
• More indoor photo shooting since I would move to a better illuminated room

 

• Obtain remaining missing bodies for Switch Yozo, Supia Esther, foryourdoll Jiyuan, Devotion Doll Lunevis, Kiss Dodo mini Asuha, and Devotion Doll Mini Bite
• Trade or sell my old Supia body for a better resin match
• Commission the Devotion Doll Mini Bite faceup, the Devotion Doll Bite SP faceup, the Kiss Dodo mini Asuha faceup, the dye, faceup, and eyes for my iplehouse cat, commission eyes for my souldoll head, commission a wig for my Puyoodoll hybrid
• Buy Mini Bite eyes, wig, clothes, and shoes, buy Switch Yozo wig, clothes, and shoes, buy Jiyuan clothes and shoes, buy Supia Esther clothes, shoes, and wig, buy Lunevis shoes, buy the Bite SP wig, clothes, and shoes, buy the Mini Asuha clothes and shoes.
• Restring the iplehouse cat with better elastic somehow
• Consider making Harley a more canon accurate sweater
• Keep new dolls to a minimum, but I plan on 3 new full dolls soonish.

 

2025 Goals

• buy a body for my Mr. Rabbit (if I can sell some dolls)
• sell some dolls (to get a new body for my Mr. Rabbit)
• geetting faceups for at least 1-2 dolls
• sewing some outfits

In general I want to get more involved in the hobby as I neglected my dolls for a looong time now. I have a new space where I hopefully can display and enjoy them more.

 

• Failed it big this year but I'm gonna try again at buying (few to) no dolls in 2025 unless the the one doll that is actually in my mental wishlist pops up second hand. I simply have too many to be able to expand anywhere any more!
  • No new hybrids. Most of my dolls are hybrids and I love them but it takes so much brainpower to match them up with parts sometimes and I feel like I'm at the point where I want the whole thing to arrive at the same time so I can enjoy it immediately. So I will try to curb my urges of playing musical bodies indefinitely
• Remake my old fiber wigs as soft cap wigs so they actually stay on the heads! I've graduated to a better method and want all my wigs to fit well.
• Make the Angelic Layer cosplay for my Unoas that I've been putting off for at least half a year
• Finally update the gallery part of my doll website
• Find time to take a break from the hobby - I love dolls but it's eating up funds and time for other interests and I want to reset priorities a bit. Maybe it doesn't need to be full-on doll time all the time?

 

This thread is not to early for me since I’m not shopping for dolls or doll related items until after the holidays unless my grail becomes available for near retail.

• Stick to my wishlist and only buy 1-3 dolls total
• Sell 2-4 dolls
• Find that one special wig for a character that I failed to find in 2024
• Sell unused outfits and clothing items even though I don’t need the space
• Take a bit of a break from bjd to focus on curating my ot dolls
• Always my goal to take more pictures, but that depends on the weather since I don’t have studio lighting…hmm maybe my goal should be to get studio lighting

 

I might be able to at least partially achieve one of these goals depending on how the Black Friday and holiday sales shake out, but we'll see.

• No plans to buy new dolls, the only one I should be looking out for is a cyborg/robot doll that fits the style and size I like. (So far, does not exist)
  
• Move out the one doll who's been hanging in her box
• See about downsizing some of the clothes, perhaps, as well as an extra wig or two
• But also, more pants for the SD-and-adjacent dolls! And socks for everyone! Two of the four SD-and-adjacent dolls don't have (long) skirts in their style and everyone really needs pants. I think there's one pair of long pants between the SDs proper, then one each for the adjacents
• Chandra specifically needs underpants. I could probably sew those right quick, but I just need to do it
• See about spending more time with them, but no big pressure here, I know my hobbies can cycle
• Maybe start replacing some of the wigs I have with mohair/synthetic mohair? I really love that material
• Semi-related to dolls, but eat through more of my yarn and fabric stash! A bunch of which is random bits and bobs I got for doll clothes!

 

Perfect! I so look forward to these every year. I’m already thinking ahead to my goals for the new year, and this will give me the opportunity to further refine and work on my list.

1. No more new dolls! I know I’ve failed miserably at this one over the past five years (so true) but I now feel my collection is finally complete and I’ve truly run out of display space. Just a little “oops” here, adding a bargain impulse-buy head for an exciting new character (Luts Senior Delf Aru)…but I’m using the body of a recently “decommissioned” character to hybrid her, so she won’t add to my numbers which is good.

2. Pay off my single remaining layaway from 2024 (for my gorgeous Dream Valley Ghost Moth.) Monthly payments ongoing…

3. Work on my remaining faceups and artwork. I have quite a few left in the queue.
a) My huge Dollzone Sawarieda mermaid. (It’s daunting, but I’ve put it off far too long already.)
b) My Dollzone Moment flower doll. (His faceup and headpiece are done, but now I need to work on his amazing flower petal body.) The folk-art styled paint work on his petals is finally complete. (Done!)
c) Myou Macarena needs her lips redone to be more dimensional and match her lovely company faceup photos. (Sadly she arrived from the company with them being too dark and lacking any shading whatsoever.) Done!
d) Finally put those story-like stitch lines on Button’s hands (Kaniboom Muppet Rabbit Bianca head on Luts BabyDelf body.) Done!
e) Create a fun and colorful kawaii faceup on my incoming Luts Senior Delf Aru head. Done!
f ) Revamp the faceup and mechanical body blushing on my Doll Chateau Gladys to better reflect her character’s connection to the “White Rabbit”.

4. I’m going to limit myself to sewing for new dolls only (once the last of my preorders finally arrive home…they will obviously need clothes.)
2 button-down blouses made for my incoming Ringdoll SD Jade
A cute pair of multi-fabric overalls for my incoming Ringdoll SD Jade
A lolita-inspired apron dress for my incoming Ringdoll SD Jade
A short ruffled skirt and pinafore made for my incoming Ringdoll SD Jade
2 pairs of colorful bloomers for my incoming MSD Dollzone Ya Cat
A pair of ruffled and ruched bloomers in pink made for my incoming Luts Senior Delf Aru
A puff-sleeved blouse in pink for my Luts Senior Delf Aru
2 yellow gingham blouses and 2 pairs of matching bloomers for my Luts Senior Delf Aru
A yellow and pink patterned Lolita skirt and two matching gingham hairbows for my Luts Senior Delf Aru

5. Small tweaks:
a) (This one is sadly left over from last year and it simply must get done!) Turn my extra floating Luts BabyDelf Gabriel head into a fancy hat stand display for my amazing SD hat collection. Done!
b) Make a special stand for my Doll Chateau Elizabeth spider girl so all those spindly legs are better supported (and my cats will stop gently bumping her and causing her to fold in on herself.) Done!
c) Turn the Aimerai Scraps Illusion head of my recently decommissioned character into another of my fancy hat stands. (The body will go to a hybrid I’m currently working on, but this head with its faceup is too epic to sell!) Done!

6. Refining my displays. Due to the size of my collection this is always a big thing. Although my collection is pretty much complete there are still some preorders that are destined to arrive this year, and they must find their perfect display space and be properly curated. (Often the addition of a single newly arrived doll can put multiple displays in flux.)
Finally reunited my royal fantasy family into a single new display.
Made a new “corner of the enchanted attic” display for my various assorted-size fairies to hang out together.
Created a new and improved display for my hatmaker character and her collection of elaborate and sentient hat stands.


7. Stock up on MSC! I really need it…a lot of it! (See #3) This is the only thing I really need to purchase for my crew this year.
2 cans of MSC purchased in January
2 cans purchased in February
4 cans purchased in March (and I’m finally completely stocked up on MSC!)

8. Names! I need to come up with naming ideas for all my incoming dolls, and tweak a few older ones to better go with the flow. This is always a hugely important deal for me, so I need to do research and a lot of in-depth thinking on my way towards completing my collection.
a) Finally decided on a the perfect name for my Dollzone Sawarieda after 2 years (it turns out I needed to make a final decision on the theme of her upcoming artwork before her name became clear to me…now she’ll be a freshwater mermaid called Waterlily.)
b) Zahara, my Luts Baby Delf limited Azhar, has changed her name to Saga (to better match her sister Fable.) This creates a more cohesive storyline within her family.
c) After months of deliberation, incoming Dollzone Ya cat will be named Catnip.
d) Finally came up with the perfect name for my incoming Doll Chateau Elsa, Wysteria, after I found out wisteria can actually be poisonous.
e) While thinking of a name for my incoming impulse buy, Luts Senior Delf Aru, I suddenly remembered a name I made up many years ago but never used…Euphemera (a combined form of the old-fashioned name, Euphemia, and the word for perishable paper antiquities, ephemera.) It’s absolutely perfect for her character!

9. Purchase any doll necessities:
a) My Peakswoods Briana’s old mohair wig finally gave up the ghost, so she needs a new equally beautiful wig. Found the perfect one by Leekeworld at Denver Doll. (Done!)
b) I strongly disliked the wig my fullset Myou Macarena came with…it’s way too dark for her and ill-fitting. I found her a more suitable one with a lace front in a lighter Khaki Brown by For My Doll at Denver Doll. (Done!)
c) For my new impulse buy of the year, Luts Senior Delf Aru, she will need a very special wig and eyes to reflect her unusual character.
Luckily I found the perfect wig right here in the DoA marketplace…from one of my favorite sellers! (Done!)
Ordered a special pair of custom eyes from Chronic Art Dolls on Etsy. (Done!)
d) Because I’m re-doing my Doll Chateau Gladys, I need to find her a new white wig for her change of character.

10. Keep up with my doll profiles here on DoA. (With my fairly large collection, I don’t ever want to get behind again!)
Mesquite’s profile done!
Euphemera’s profile done!
Various revised tweaks on old profiles completed…completely caught up for now.

 

Spoil my current girls and get Dollstown Rian in December. That's it

 

I love this kind of thread!

A few of the below are ongoing, a few are new, and some are goals that I didn't meet in the previous year. My ultimate over-arching goal is to enjoy my collection, and that includes not getting mad at myself for things I don't complete. I just need to regroup and try again. I tried to frame some of my goals as ways to enjoy my collection.

Move along:
Reorganizing everything in 2024 resulted in a pile of items that I can't use, or that I just don't want anymore. So as much as I dread it, I should take actions to move those items along.

Continue being mindful of doll purchases:
It was nice in the past year to be able to work on dolls I already have without needing to think too hard about getting multiple new additons situated with basic items. Being mindful means (to me) that I shouldn't buy impulsively, and I should consider what actions I have for the purchase and what I currently have going on in my life and in this hobby. Such as if I'm hyperfocused on one particular doll or doll size in my collection, is the intended purchase limited or basic, etc. My first two dolls I bought when coming back into the hobby were impulse purchases and they don't fit into my collection at all. I don't like the regret that comes with that.

Being mindful of doll purchases should keep new additions at a reasonable pace, which would also keep the faceup queue less overwhelming. I don't want that to get backed up again. I had stepped away from the hobby in 2017, and prior to doing so I had multiple dolls that needed a faceup. After coming back fully to the hobby in 2023, I sent 15 heads to a faceup artist starting in mid-2023 and through mid-2024. Ouch. If I'm buying a doll, I should book them for a faceup as soon as I can after they arrive home. No sitting around and waiting, even if I step away from the hobby again.

Continue crafting for my dolls:
I did well this past year to sew some things. But I have a lot of dolls, and several still don't have things that are specifically their own. I will continue to approach things by making what I'm inspired to make, not necessarily what I think needs to be done. It's done well to keep me from getting overwhelmed and just abandoning everything. I'm still working on the fact that there are no such things as deadlines for this hobby for me. I don't go to meets or cons or participate in contests, etc. This is my fun hobby, and it should be FUN. Not overwhelming and stressful.

Also with this line item, I want to explore more into prop making. I'd like some of my dolls to have certain accessories, and unfortunately I cannot source the majority of them already made. I'm putting it on myself to at least try to make them. Additionally, I'd like to continue chipping away at my UFO Box. I made a small dent in it in 2024, but there are still a lot of items to finish. It turns out that batch cutting items is not for me, lol.

Reorganize doll cabinet:
Right now I have everyone sitting down in the cabinet. Good for keeping them steady, not so great for their stringing. This also makes each of the larger dolls take up a signficant amount of space. And I've been trending towards larger dolls, unfortunately. I'd like to acquire some sturdy stands so that I can store everyone standing up, which will give me room for more dolls later on.

Reorganize fabric closet:
My fabric is all organized for the most part, the issue is that it's all in large totes that are stacked in a closet. The system itself works to keep the fabric organized, but if I want something or need to put something away, I basically need to unload at least half (if not all) of the closet. My idea is to gut the closet and build a shelving system for the totes so that I can just pull out the tote I need. I also need to purge my stash.

Catalog collection:
Regrouping and going to give this another try. I've got an initial start that I'd like to build on further and create a nice, cohesive reference.

Maintenance:
Some could use a cleaning, new hot glue sueding, and new elastic. Typical maintenance things that I should probably be better at keeping up with. I might throw 'posing modifications' into this line item as well, courage pending.

Upgrades:
I think several of my dolls could use some new eyes and/or wigs. I did some window shopping and made a list already and...

 

I have a good feeling about next year. My motivation to do creative things has been better, so I'm hoping that carries over.

1. I have dolls and accessory lots to sell, and I want to hopefully get those sold next year.
2. My SD girl needs a new body, and I really want to make that the only doll purchase outside of special occasions.
3. I want to talk more in the BJD Discord.
4. I've got some dolls I need to finish, which involves:

• Buying that new body.
• Making a wig.
• Painting and redoing some face-ups.
• Purchasing eyes.

EDIT: It's January and some plans have changed. Mainly I've added a few more things to my list of doll plans. The biggest one is I plan on making a sealing box for bad weather. The next has been a long time coming, but I plan on painting the nails of the dolls that need their nails painted and giving the ones with piercings their piercings.

 

im gonna be buying more clothes baby!! i also want to make a little display for my dolls i'm getting a new doll in the next year too! and maybe i'll learn to 3d model so i can sculpt my perfect boy doll

 

• Improve upon (male) doll OC concepts
• Regulate impulsiveness for buying pretty dolls and continue to do research
• Buy a (male) doll including eyes + wig + whatever
• Do better faceup for (male) doll
• Continue to craft for muh dolls
• (Props / mini-foods, accessories, maybe basic furniture, mini books...)
• Improve at faceups, crochet, sewing (!)
• Continue to make social progress with this hobby
• Take more pictures of doll and formally set up Flickr
• Go outside with dolls while hopefully avoiding "NPCs"
• Look at dolls on my desk while I work or relax
• Extract happiness from dolls, the ultimate goal!
• Get two male dolls for each other to prevent doll loneliness

OMG I support your wedding!! Do you have a registry yet??

 

2025 Goals

Keep up with changing dioramas:

• I have a little living room diorama in one of my desk's little cubbies and right now it's set up for Christmas so I'd like to try and change it up throughout the year for different holidays and seasons.

New Dolls:

• I'd like to see about getting maybe two more dolls-- One of which being a Feeple60 Cygne (I want to turn her into Princess Serenity from Sailor Moon), and then a Feeple60 Celine for Anna's design from Frozen II. And honestly, I'll probably end up with another YoSD and tiny or two.

Projects:

• I'd like to continue a project I've got planned. I've currently got a Fairyland Ciel fullset with Therian head on layaway (finishing it this Friday), and I'd like to get a tan Fairyline body for the Therian head and then, hopefully, get the Fairyline Doe Legs in white. I missed out on them twice because I was being indecisive about even getting the Ciel and it bums me out greatly.
• Project II is to see if I can find either the Rabbit or Faun legs in white for my Realfee Eva that should be coming in by around Christmas.

Clothing and accessories:

• My main two things would be to see about getting a custom outfit of Elsa's Travel Outfit from Frozen II made for my Feeple60 Scarlett (who, yes, is dressed as Elsa). I'd also like to see if I can find the wig from the Volks release for her. If not, I'll have to commission that too. The second main thing is to commission a custom outfit for Princess Serenity. I have some ideas on where to get these made, but I'm going to look around.
• I also need to order more clothes for my incoming Realfee as well as shoes for both of the ones I have and see if I can make a little Hobbit themed outfit for one of my YoSDs. And then if I do end up getting the Feeple60 Celine, I'd commission Anna's Travel Outfit too. Then I need casual clothes for Elsa and Anna..
• Gotta go through and purge some clothes and wigs I have in my collection since I don't use them and have no plans to use them.
• I need a mushroom themed outfit for my incoming Mushroom Beast Girl.

Faceups:

• I need to work on the faceup I have for my Resinsoul Mei with Xi ears. I had gotten a custom one from Resinsoul, but it didn't come out how I'd like so I need to redo it.
• I'll need to do a faceup for my incoming Mushroom Beast Girl as well.

Miscellaneous:

• More photography is a must. I say this every year and I do pretty well so I'm excited about this. Need to see if I can get a casual outfit for Elsa prior to the custom one so I can put her in the snow this winter.
• I have to readjust the space in my workroom to make it look nicer and more conducive to my needs.
• I need a few more doll stands too...

My goals are pretty simple, but expensive. Hopefully I stick to this! Though, I'll probably end up with more on my list, I think this is a good start.

 

1) Try to decide if anyone needs to be sold - I have more dolls than I can appreciate.
2) If no one is getting sold, figure out a better way to display everyone or put some away and make a rotation schedule.
3) Buy that one doll I have been thinking about. Try to find bodies for my floating heads or rotate them on existing bodies.
4) Go through all their accessories and downsize them.
5) Post doll accessories for sale - yes, some sold at a doll meetup but let's get them out to the masses.
6) Actually handle my dolls. I haven't really touched some of them since 2020. If they're always going to wear the same wig/clothes, let's get rid of their extras.

 

Accumulate a lot more doll eyes. This year I barely bought any and I felt so unhappy about that.

 

I been trying to bring my doll family to life for a super long time, some impulse buy ,a long break, some miss chances, but I also discover we got a lot more talented artist now who can even custom you boy, and companies are still coming out with hidden gems .
So 2025 I’ll be getting my two oc custom into bjd,and I got my eye on dream valley new boy and loongsoul few darlings. Also vampire Hyperion in tan skin, if they ever happen ,come on soom give us more then limited and raffle -.- I beg of you

 

I planned on 2024 being a low-buy year and it ended up being a surprisingly splurgy one! I also never got around to finishing my vinyl girls this year, nor did I get to do a lot of sewing (it's taking us longer to get into a new house than I originally thought).

My 2025 plans/goals/whatever are:

• Faceups for Phoebe, Marcie, and Khadija (top priority -- I need my current dolls done!!)
• Faceups for my vinyl dolls
• Sell my 2 remaining old dolls (my final sales!)
• Low buy on new dolls -- I'm tentatively planning on adding 2, both vinyl, to my collection but I'm aiming for no new resin
• Bodies for my new floating heads
• Develop characters for my new floating heads
• Start sewing for my dolls -- I have some fabric for kimonos/yukatas, so I'd like to start there
• Attend my local community's doll meets!

Overall, I'm pretty stoked for where my collection is at and I don't feel the need to add much more to it. Mostly I just need Stuff and Things for the dolls I already have. I'm on track to graduate with my master's next year, though, and I want to get a vinyl girl or 2 to celebrate such a monumental accomplishment.