How Do You Spoil Your Doll(s)?

My resin babes aren't here yet, but I've been going a little ham spoiling them in the clothing department as I prepare for their arrival! I think that's how I'll end up spoiling them: clothes, shoes, and wigs. I don't think I have too much space for a lot of props or a diorama setup, but I have found it fun to get little props like a tea set and a nice handheld fan.

It sounds like you have a nice setup ready for him when he comes home!

 

I think I get that feeling from the way I enjoy always making them new outfits and such, as well as trying to take them somewhere pretty for portraits

 

I dust them occasionally. Lol poor things.

 

I've been spoiling my doll by making her handmade outfits! It's so fun to finish a project and put it on her for the first time.

 

I got my doll recently, so I'm still collecting things for her. Her story is set in the 80s, so I'm planning to spoil her by getting little vintage props like cassette tapes and such things. I'm also spoiling her with clothes of course, and I have a particular photoshoot in mind... so I'm getting her an umbrella!
Sewing and knitting clothes for her is a brilliant idea. I'll have to try to spoil her that way too.

 

I spoil them by playing with them, doing their makeup, taking photos and trying to make them wigs! I don’t always have the money to buy them things but they know they’re loved!

 

I spoil them in the worst way for my wallet. I look at them and go "You know what? I think you need a wife/husband."

And then the family expands.

 

For my MSD guy, first I bought him a little bunny on sale as a helper. Then I ordered his daughter. Now I'm making plans to order his wife, because why not complete the family?

 

I'm getting back to doing stuff for my dolls. Right now I'm hand-knitting sweaters for... all of them. Originally it was going to be for my two boys, but now all of the big dolls are getting a sweater. It takes me about two days to knit a sweater for an SD doll and so far I"m loving the outcome (my profile picture was the first sweater).

 

I love to take my dolls with me around the house and have them sit with me when I work on projects. It feels like a special little trip when they’re taken out of my room to hang in the rest of the house lol.

 

I may or may not have spent $143.26 on a very specific skateboard for Brendan.

 

I spoil mine mainly by playing with them, taking photographs, and sharing those on my blog and on social media. If someone is getting a lot of photos right now - they're my current favourite!

I get clothes for them as well - not just general stuff that's shared amongst the crew, but an outfit or something that is only worn by that particular doll.

 

Aside from buying eyes, wigs and clothes for them I do not plan to buy any specific doll-sized items. I simply do not have enough space in my apartment!

Instead I like carefully curating casual, but aesthetically pleasing objects that could go well with my dolls on photos or could be used as props or placed next to them. I treat my dolls as part of the decor, so I want them to fit within my living room.

Namely:

- flowers & vases
- leather binded books or vintage'y notebooks
- Japanese ceramics
- engraved brass candle holders, trays
- house plants in pretty pots

Basically, I try to surround myself with objects of meaning and beauty.

Saying all of that, I have just bought them a small curtains to install in the open shelf they sit as a sun protection. It looks a bit hilarious TBH. You could also say I spoil them by living in a mostly north facing apartment, with not plenty of sunlight I used to complain a bit, and then I got into hobby...and perceived drawback became a valued asset, at least in terms of how my dolls will age

 

I mostly spoil them by making them things! They have a number of clothes made from lovely yarns left over from human-size projects - though earlier this year I did buy a bundle of mini skeins just for them! Plus, aside from masks, they get everything from my sewing efforts. Of course, they have clothes I purchased, too, but I made a good chunk of their wardrobe.

I haven't bought the big expensive props for them (I don't have much room), but I do love trawling thrift stores and yard sales to see what fun finds I can get there. Lots of fabric, mostly. Loooooots of fabric. And ribbon. But I've got a few non-fabric things for them. I found a mini tea set once that's just too cute, and a rocking chair I effectively use as a doll stand. Recently I also found a sparkly pink locker magnet type thing, and since the cabinet I keep them in is metal, I think I'm gonna see about putting it up and having the spot under it be Tian Ni's.

(Some day I hope to have enough space to convert a spare closet or something into a dollhouse for them... Ah, but the economy.)

 

I have a fairly large collection after so many years of collecting, and every doll I have is thoroughly spoiled. They’re slave drivers, I swear! I’m always making them things or finding a way to enhance them artistically. I initially got into this type of doll to enjoy my fascination with fashion…so of course each doll has their own wardrobe. All are constantly on display as part of my decor…so of course they reside in elaborate artistic displays surrounded by items I’ve collected to enhance their characters. My SD girls even have their own collection…a collection of amazing hats by a very talented milliner on Etsy (I spent years collecting them for my dolls.) So yeah, spoiled indeed!

 

Recently, it's been a whole bunch of new shoes...



I love spoiling my beloved Eva, but it's also practical because they can work with all of my adult Iplehouse ladies. They share the same feet molds.

 

Mostly clothes. I make most of my dolls clothes myself and I'm a compulsive crafter, so there is always something new in the works. But it's not entirely fair between the individual dolls. Some are easier to make stuff for than others and that is reflected in their warderobes.
I do collect props and other things, but not enough to call it spoiling them. Not most of the time, anyway.