What do you do when you are uninspired by a doll?

I'll let them sit for a while, maybe some a little too long, then I'll consider putting them up for sale. I've got one, my very first doll, laid in his box under my bed. Always meant to try selling him, but there's still some sentimentality there. I have one impulse MSD, who hasn't managed to inspire me much at all. I'm seriously considering selling him, even thinking about taking the photos tomorrow. I'd rather not see him go to waste on my shelf, I'd rather he go to someone who will adore him more than I have.

 

When I feel uninspired the best thing really is to sell them. I used to own a few dolls when I just entered the hobby, but after a while I lost interest in all of them and sold them after looking up possible faceups and wig changes and deciding that nothing was going to make me love the sculpt more. I was rather reluctant to completely overhaul my collection, but I don't regret that decision at all. It's much better giving up a doll entirely and moving on with a new one or the ones that I love now, than buying new accessories and thus spending even more money when that goes not guarantee rekindling that spark. I'd rather focus on the dolls I currently love and plan for dolls I really would like to own. On reflection the ones I had were impulse buys at the beginning of the hobby. Now I never buy dolls on impulse and unplanned because that attachment will not last and in the end having to sell them again is quite a hassle. Owning just one or two dolls has its perks: the more I interact with them, the more attached I become and it would be near impossible to part with the one doll I own now.

 

To me, "not bonding with" a doll and "being uninspired with" a doll are very different. I have both; one who I could sell tomorrow and never miss, and one who I would be sad to sell, respectively.

If not bonding, and not interested in it, by all means feel free to sell

If you like the doll, and want to love it, but nothing is working out/coming to you, my advice would be to step back and gather inspiration. I love going to stores and taking pictures of real clothes and trims and fabrics, and making a pinterest board. Find something you really like (a material, a concept, a color scheme, a detail, etc) and see if your doll "wants it," so to speak. Rework their concept entirely, if needed, try something unexpected, as other have said, and so on. That's where I'm at with one of my dolls... we'll see how it goes best of luck!