I can never own enough...

Eyeballs... my precioussssss

I have more eyeballs than heads... and I think I always will

 

Pants! >_<;
I have been in the hobby for years, and I find I never have enough pants for everyone. This doesn't matter if it's a year I buy no dolls or a year my resin army grows. There is a constant pants/shorts/skirts shortage as every influx of either dolls or bottoms has a cycle. Which normally has a stealing/barrowing from others phase and/or finding that anything not in use is in weird sizes so doesn't fit. (Or worse is in the drawer of these stains so can only be used for like seconds for photos and then taken right off after. Mostly random iffy stuff from full sets.)

Eyes, wigs, and shoes also feel always needed, even if not at the time. My brain just goes yeah sure everyone is good now, but what if I want to change someone's look or buy a new doll later?.

Elastic strings for restringing needs.
Affordable doll chairs in both 1/3rd and 1/4th scales and/or stands for bigger dolls.
Weird one here hemostats/clamps, I have like 4 or so now and it's shocking to me how one just wasn't enough nor was two actually. I have a lot of different sized BJDs and sometimes with stringing you just need more then a couple of those for the weird/hard jobs.

 

Eyes. Sometimes I wonder if I eat them while thinking to something else because I never have enough eyes. And fabrics! Japanese fabrics especially. I have a bunch of them, I could sew outfits for years without needing to buy more, but... I keep buying more nonetheless.

 

Materials... Fabrics, fibers, beads and other knick-knacks I see a possibility for doll crafting in, I hoard recklessly. I think that's the dark side of being a hardcore DIY person, I own more materials than finished things (for my dolls and just in general) and I still feel like I don't have enough materials

 

- Eyes putty
- Face guard
- New string... Once every year I think
- Silicone kips... Along with the string
- Magic sponge
- Zipper bag for clothes

These are unstoppable

I love eyes and wigs and clothing too but at some point you will find that it's enough for this brand of certain items. Like, no more than 10 Mako eyes, or I only need 3 Sets of dress from DollHeart, for example

That's why I won't consider wigs, shoes, and eyes in this category.

 

Shoes! Never enough shoes! (I feel like I've said this in a couple of threads already but it's true - I am a shoeholic )

Small snaps and clasps (velcro hater here, all clothes must close with reasonable but easy closures). Extra points if I can find a good size in a store irl.

I make most clothes myself but I feel like it's worth noting that I never have enough socks or underwear somehow? So I keep making more almost every sewing session.

As an unoa owner I also never have enough faceplates

 

Yeah the amount of eyeballs I now have in my room is probably concerning along with wigs and clothes. If I was unchecked I would buy a shit ton of a) bust stands and b) wig stands for styling wigs but alas

 

If I'm thinking about the practical stuff: elastic strings. I only check and change if I must the strings of my dolls once a year but somehow I always seem to be lacking string of the right thickness. Maybe my lack of organization has something to do with this xD
But also... shoes! I love shoes. I would have all the 1/4 girl shoes. High heels, flats, boots... All of them I love

 

Saaaaammmeee... I have materials for dolls that I don't own yet, for outfits that I don't have the skill to sew yet...

 

Count me in on the shoes and eyes corner of shame.

Eyes in particular seem to just multiply silently in the box when I'm not paying attention. I refuse to believe I have actually bought that many.

 

Eyes are like dice. They give that same...clicky clacky smooth *niceness* feel?? Small and collectible and they come in so many pretty colors and I just...I can't get enough!!!

 

Eyes and Wigs! I love having a nice stash of these. They come in handy every time I get a new doll and haven't decided on the look yet. Or when I want to try out a new look for a doll I already have. Or when a friend has a new doll and is looking for what is going to fit.
Socks! I'm a tights-and-socks lover IRL and some om my dolls follow in the same tracks. Many of my dolls tend to wear skirts, so the right socks are important.
Shoes is kind of the same, but to a lesser extent because they are so much more expensive to buy and harder to make.

I don't count sewing and crafting materials, because a lot of it is stuff I use for myself and for other hobbies as well.

 

Fabric for doll clothes. Yarn for wigs. Props I might want to take pictures with one day.

I guess I'm with the material hoarders.

 

I'm on the same train for eye and wig hoard lol I love having options even though I don't change things around much. I also for some reason keep buying SD girl clothes when I only have 3 SD girls and they're styles are already set and are much more elegant than what I keep buying

 

Two fold answer:
1. Things i keep buying even though from an outside perspective I have enough, but internally I'm not satisfied yet with the options I have so I won't stop buying until I've found what feels like the correct "fit" for everyone - eyes and wigs. I have many but not many that feel "right" or that each doll has "their" correct set or eyes or wig.

2. Things i KNOW I have enough of, have way too much of actually, but keep buying anyway because it brings me joy- clothing and shoes for the tiny dolls. Specifically for my Jacoosun Rous. Could the Rou boys do with more clothing? Yes. Is it the boys I am primarily buying for? No. Do the SDs have to share like 4 shirts and 6 pairs of pants? Yep. Am I buying them clothes? nope. Could the minis use an influx - especially my roze heln and chae as only one of them has clothing on ? Absolutely. But here i am, constantly buying the tiny girls more cute clothes and shoes - because the level of detail in things that small is enchanting.

 

I'm with you all on eyes and wigs! I also never seem to have enough clothing to cover all of my dolls.

 

long black msd wig. I have several. And yet here I am. Thinking to myself: "damn, maybe I need some more of those".
Other stuff too, like shoes and clothes and eyes, but it's ridiculous how many of the same exact wig I keep buying

 

Oof, definitely eyes, shoes, wigcaps, wigs (ever growing wig collection), pants, silicone kips, string (I need to order more string - open to recommendations of where to order from, I kinda like trying string from different sellers each time I get more)