Giving a doll as a gift

Once I get a job and steady income I plan to get my little sister a pukifee, in fact Ive even promised her that I'll buy one for her

 

I have~ I gave away one of my former dolls that I failed to bond with and she has found a wonderful home together with a friend who liked the hobby but didn't want to spend so much money on it. .u. if I had the financial ease I would be buying my best friend dolls off her wishlist every year on her birthday, I'm not even kidding. I'd also get my brother the only doll he has ever wished to own which is a relatively rare Soom MD that's almost impossible to locate secondhand.

 

Soenatte said "gave away one of my former dolls that I failed to bond with" - that's kind of the story with me and the KDF Litchi that I'm selling to a friend. I gave her a pretty big discount because, well, she's a friend; and I never really bonded with that doll. She's lovely, poses great, and she's adorable, but I just never really connected with her.

I'm hoping that my friend will bond with her, and that the doll will be good for the little Victorian girl that she's imagining ^_^

 

I really want to get a friend or two BJDs but at the moment I can't
hopefully someday I'll be able to though

 

I Recived MY AOD Doll As A Gift... Does This Count? I Had To Purchase eyes Head And Wig And Stuffs, But The Body Was A Gift From My Fiance.

 

Though they were not BJDs, I purchased replicas (in likeness) of my mother-in-law's two sons as a Mother's Day gift for her this year: my husband and his older brother as children. I think it's very personal to give someone a doll, and was nervous about it, but she really seemed pleased and grateful for the present.

 

I almost don't want to say who I'm planning to give a doll to as a gift, because there is a very remote possibility they might be able to read this before I give it to them, though not very likely... Well, I'm giving TWO dolls as gifts, actually... One of them is only kind of a gift though, in the sense that the recipient doesn't know I'm giving them a doll, a specific doll of mine that I'm reshelling that she loves more than I do, but she knows I'm getting her SOMETHING with the money I made from selling her old doll she didn't want anymore. (Well, really I've traded parts of that doll for things for MY dolls, so it's more like a trade...) And the other doll I'm giving to someone else is a "please-get-into-this-hobby-with-me" gift, so I really really hope they'll like it, as they wouldn't save up for a doll themselves at this point. Because of that, it's going to start out as a project doll, which I will be HEAVILY modifying, so I can use damaged pieces on it to save money. But also, I hope it will mean more to them when they find out I've poured so much love and work and time into that doll, just for them... I think they will.

 

Wow, SwivelChair, That Is So Sweet!

 

Some of these stories just warm my heart If I had the funds I'd buy dolls for my loved ones.

 

I Would, But Im Living On A Fixed Income...
But I Manage!

And My AOD BJD Gets Her Face-Up Next Month If All Goes Well!
^.^

 

So far, I've given my niece two dolls, with two more on order. They represent the four main characters of a story we're writing together. I thought buying dolls for myself was fun, but it's not nearly as fun as sitting down with my niece and looking for the perfect sculpts and wigs and clothes for her characters. I don't know how long her interest will last ... she's about to head into 7th grade ... but we're both having a blast for now!

 

I was given one as a gift from my girlfriend, and I promised to buy her one of the smaller luts dolls for her birthday, I think as long as you know the person well enough, or they dont mind not having a surprise, it's such a nice idea.

 

If I were going to buy a doll present for someone, it'd a lonely and needy young person that could use a friend. I know how comforting my dolls are to me, and I'd like to bestow that upon someone else.

 

I'm sadly not rich enough to go and buy dolls as gifts :P ...however, I am currently in the process of buying a Soom Kanoa for my friend, and I'll give her doll once she's paid the sum it cost for me (the point is that she couldn't get the money fast enough, so I'm kinda giving her a hand). There's no other profit in there for me, except making my friend happy ^^

 

I haven't, but if a family member wanted one then I would. I am getting one as a gift for Christmas this year.

 

If I could I totally would. Since I have a very good friend who use to own pullips but sold them and she since then has been wanting to get her first BJD. But her mom won't let her even if she had the money.
So I'd love to actually purchase her one if I had money to since the one she wants isn't even that expensive, but I don't know how it would work out in the end.
I hope her mom just lightens up and lets her put money towards a doll, that way I could definitely help her get stuff for it if not get her the actual doll!

And receiving a doll as a gift from a friend sounds wonderful and overwhelming, I've seen box openings where that is the case and that just seems like the coolest. It kind of just verifies your friendship if you guys are willing to go out of the way to purchase a doll for a friend.
If only I was rich enough to do that for friends, or if I had rich friends who would do that for me..

 

My closest friend had become really interested in my dolls over time, so this past Christmas I saved up and bought her her first boy for a Christmas/Bday present and she was thrilled with him. She had an OC that she loved dearly (he's in a story we write together and coincidentally is the boyfriend of one of my OCs who I already had in doll form) and I put him in doll form for her basically. She was really excited with him when she opened him and she loves him to bits. I am also planning on maybe gifting her a head for this Christmas or another time. She's a really awesome friend (the only one who has been there for me in recent years really) and I like to give her presents that I know she will like and really appreciate and to show her how much I appreciate her friendship. =3

 

There's a couple of people I really want to buy dolls for, but they're really expensive little things and so I'm hesitant...

 

I havent done this but I WANT TO!~ I wanna give a friend who has interest in them too as a birthday gift next year But unless she buys one for herself too, then I think I may just have to keep it ^^

 

I gave my little sister a doll I didn't bond with as a Christmas present a couple of years back. I had never bonded with her, and was going to sell her. My sister was really upset by the idea (she and I both put a lot more 'life' into dolls than other people I think) and was really worried that the doll might not like her new home, and that she thought the doll was pretty, and didn't want her to feel like she wasn't loved. She was scrambling to find a way to save enough money so she could buy her off me, and I said "Oh, well if you're that attached, I won't sell her yet, and when you can get the money together I'll sell her to you." She said she wouldn't be able to until after Christmas because she had already budgetted out what she was buying people as presents, and I said that wasn't a big issue, and made something up about wanting money for my birthday party the following year. Because I still had the original packaging, and box-opening photos from when I opened her, I literally re-boxed her so she looked like she was brand new. My partner wanted to get her something to go with the doll, so he commissioned an Etsy seller in our country who makes clothes for that sized doll (she's an odd size) to make an Alice in Wonderland outfit for her (my sister's friends all call her Alice). I had my partner give her his present first, so she opened the doll clothes and sat there staring at them and just blinking for a few seconds, before looking at me and saying "She's not really mine, is she?". I gave her the box and she got a proper box opening, which was important for me - I wanted her to have a proper box opening for her first BJD. We then spent a few hours on boxing day doing her faceup with my faceup gear, so she made her look just like she wanted.
Since then, my sister has grown out of BJDs a little (she had just turned 18 at the time), but Erica-Alice still sits happily on her shelf, and is very well loved.