Playing with dolls: what did you do with your doll today that made you happy? <3

Finished a qi pao inspired outfit, I used over an entire stick of hot glue on it (my guy is only 50cm tall…) but it turned out well!

 

I got Acorn on a new (for them) body and it's perfect and I'm so happy about it because it's been a hard head to hybrid! I had them out in the living room after the restringing and maintenance and my partner, who isn't into dolls at all, praised Acorn for sitting on their knees so well and made sure to say hi to them and shake their hand which was so adorable it makes me melt haha

 

Late post, but yesterday, I finished a crochet sweater for my girl - my first completed BJD crochet project! Had to make some modifications, which are scary to me lol, but it worked out fine. The day before that, I finished sewing a pair of shorts for her, also with slight modifications. Felt good to have two successful projects in a row.

I had her next to me on my bed, watching Christmas movies as I worked, which was nice... but I wanted to try the pieces on her periodically, so she was partly or fully naked the whole time Still haven't gotten used to having naked dolls just sitting around.

 

Congrats, @Unfriendly Rodent - I have yet to try to crochet something for my dolls. I actually knitted sweaters, but I had a moth infestation earliers this year, and my dolls' sweaters got eaten.

I have only one partially nude doll left. I'm actually so used to having dolls that are nude, or bald, or eyeless, that it's almost weird for me to have them all dressed.

 

Thank you! And oh no, I'm so sorry to hear that. I definitely need to figure out storage for my yarn and projects if I want to prevent that. I'd love to knit something for my dolls, but I'm gonna need some much smaller needles...

Back to the original topic: I cleared out some space so that my doll doesn't have to be twisted into a pretzel for storage (can't really have her out on display right now), and finally tried on some clothes I got her off Mandarake months ago - they fit! Also having good luck so far with adapting another crochet pattern for her. It's nice to have these small wins while I wait for my second BJD, who is stuck in Canada Post limbo.

 

I just got my dolls out of storage for the first time in years - and that made me happy ~ I had completely forgotten how much joy they bring me! I think I got a bit embarrassed about the hobby once I started a formal career, but I'm finally at a point where I'm over that and just excited to keep doing things that made me happy since I was a teenager!

 

I took a break from this hobby (for a bit) and got a proper camera to learn to use instead... I have been playing around with dolls + camera for a bit, but I think I finally started to figure some stuff out today! Anka is a beautiful model, especially after I got her a new wig and cut her hair. Such a breath of fresh air from just taking phone photos, I keep falling in love with my dolls more and more.

 

Spent most of the afternoon today posing and taking pics of 5 dolls. I felt that Vallant and Oshidori were overdue on couple pics and New Year celebration is a nice theme, so I did a photoshoot for them. I love my taller girl/shorter boy couple~

 

Yesterday

Spoiler: guilt

(preparing to cast away a porcelain doll base whom I've harvested the outfit from already... and I do feel bad but I hope maybe someone else will make a fun project out of it from the thrift store!)

I tried my luck with a pair of tiny shoes from a porcelain doll on my Doll Chateau 1/4 body and they fit. They fit and they look cute enough and she can even stand in the kitten heel as well as anything else (so, barely lmao) but this made me feel so happy to finally see her dressed and with some shoes even, after almost a year! I love doll shoes but they are so freaking expensive now, I was just going to keep being sad about her not having any rather than do anything about it.

 

I’ve been using my guy as a reference for sketching which has been fun.

 

I worked at styling a few wigs last night.
I am fairly happy with how they turned out.

 

I worked on making a mini sofa and a table for my doll. The finished pieces have a lot flaws, but my doll actually motivated me to finish a project for once.

Normally I would give up halfway due to losing interest or the piece not looking how I want to, so I'm feeling pretty happy.

 

I just bought two t-shirts for my youngest girl.
Which is not doing in the true sense of the word. But I have plans.

 

I used to have a doll named Peppermint, who was a character of mine (and a god of small discarded toys); I'm still looking for a shell for him, but in the meantime, my nameless dolly seems to have taken over his duties (yes I am having so much fun with a proper camera and my dolls... I never knew how much using a phone was limiting the feelings of creativity, haha).

 

Today I changed Lucifers' clothes and wig.

I washed and cleaned an older wig, that fits him way better then the one I had originally purchased for him. I took off the horrible oversized suit that I bought for him, and put him in casual wear, and I am happy with how he looks and need to get a new picture of him. Him and I both seem happier about the situation.

 

I'm deciding on final hybrids (yay!) and organizing my dolls into camps:
Done enough (face-up is OK, let's put on some clothes)
Projects: color matching, face-ups needed, body blushing needed (no clothes for you)

Gonna do a group photo of the "done enough" dolls and see if anyone doesn't seem to "fit" (planning to rehome).

 

I've been preoccupied with some RL challenges which wrecked my will to engage with hobbies for a while. But yesterday I received a sizeable Taobao haul (consolidated package), I've been waiting for some of these preorders for months and very eager to have them in hand. I got a couple dolls dressed in new clothes. They made me happy. I'll keep going through the haul this weekend - the de-stress is much needed.

 

I've been in hibernation for a while, I feel. Winter is always not great for me, and even though a doll arrived and everything earlier this year, my heart just hasn't really been lit up like it has been recently. I was able to change the outfit of one of my off-topic tinies, and then my boy Winter got a style makeover. I tried different looks on him and it was fun seeing the potential of his sculpt. He feels very summery right now. ^^

 

I just removed another face up from the doll I keep going back and forth on rehoming or not However I think it was a good thing, because it made me realise I prefer her without a face up- I really like her now!

 

Think I am finished with a new head's face up (recovered some badly done eyebrows without needing to remove some of the faceup). Also found temporary human body with suitable outfit while working out one which will fit the fox footed body the head will end up on. Very happy, just needs eyes