Would you loan someone your doll or ask to borrow one?

I'd only lend my doll if we were pretty close buddies. Otherwise... not so much.

 

My firends and i used to have dolly sleep overs...so technaqly that's lending right? (My boys would spend the night at her place for photo shoots and what not)

 

No. No. Absolutely not. It took long enough for me to feel comfortable taking them out in public; it'll take a lot longer for me to feel comfortable lending them out.

It's the main reason why I refuse to send them out for faceups, too. Terrified of what might happen.

 

I would not just because I only have one doll. My husband and his friend Vitasoy send two of their dolls to each other to stay for several months since they are a couple. It is a lot of fun! It would have to be someone you trust of course, but so far both the boys have had no accidents and it has been a great experience. They live in different states and met over DOA.

 

I had lent my doll to my sister once for her photo assignments. She can take care of a doll but she doesn't know how to properly put her away. So when I found Mimi back in her box, she looked like she was just shoved in there without proper arrangement. Thankfully only her eyelashes were damaged so most of my recent photos of her lack eyelashes now. I thought they were too long anyway.

 

I wouldn't mind lending someone my doll as long as they're close to me and have known them for a while. For example, one of my doll's been at a friend's for about four months now.

 

not really. considering that i only have one doll, and that i'm really fussy and anal about how he's taken care of. but it depends really, on the person. my standard of cleanliness for my doll is really kind of extreme for most people.

 

Lending your dolls is different. I actually have a whole body out right now for a commission and let me tell you I am sweating in my socks!!! I met her twice and she is an excellent seamstress but she has my baby! I did take her head (she's a limited doll) with me. I hope her outfit comes out great!

 

Shipping dolls just terrifies me in general. I wish that all BJD lovers lived in one commune where we could just walk our doll down the street for a new face up or outfit.

That's my solution.

 

Not unless they lived relatively near by (ie driving distance), we were good friends, and they're a very careful person. I can think of one friend who I would have to say no to becuase her kids aren't good about being gentle...I'd invite her over to work on the item.

 

Hrm. I think... I think I would be able to do it if there was a dolly swap like LordNoir did... Or if I knew them really well. I'm actually 'babysitting' someone's dolls right now, because I have a climate controlled safe house, and she does not. But we're also besties. I'd totally let her hang on to Ren in a heartbeat. She'd take better care of her than I do!

(Note, I am somewhat laissez faire in how I treat Ren. I have heard gasps when I come in hauling her about by one arm, but she's -my- doll. -I- can treat her how I like. Other people's dolls? I treat them like they are made of crystal and likely to shatter if I look at them wrong. I'd expect the same courtesy if I handed Ren over to someone else.)

 

As a clothes maker myself, I can certainly see why someone making clothes for a specific doll would want to have the doll itself on hand for fittings and such. I just made Chae-ri a dress so she could cosplay as Mina from The Doll Master at the next convention (I hope she doesn't get any ideas...:B) and I had to fit the dress on her very carefully because it's made of woven material and has neither darts nor gathers, except at the wrists. If I hadn't had her on hand--that is, if I'd been making this dress for a doll I didn't have--I'd be very worried about it not fitting properly.

All that having been said, I could never, ever mail Chae-ri or any of my other dolls off for any reason, not even for clothes. I'd travel with her to the place in question before I'd send her off by herself.

Damn, I'm overprotective, aren't I?

 

No.. I have a lot of expensive stuff and I feel strongly about keeping it in the state its in. I let my best friend borrow a kimono of mine for prom and when she took it off there was a terrible stain from some kind of (what seemed like) body fluid. So, if I cant keep something from getting ruined by a best friend right in front of me (from something that she couldnt help but still shouldve told me), why would I let someone I dont know take something expensive for a few weeks. I had a hard time just selling something to a good friend of mine it was that dear to me, let alone loaning my stuff out to someone I dont know. I suppose if the person had a business and I had contact info and proof they were the last to take the doll in its good condition, I could do it. But Im not gonna find joe-bo on etsy (or whatever) and send my dollfie just because they ask for it.
My thought is that if someone is making dollfie clothes they should have a dollfie of their own any way for the passion of making stuff for these expensive beauties. Why not take exact measurements or pictures etc.. I would also consider it if they had an even swap for the time being. I do that quite a bit.

 

No. The people I know dont know how to handle these dolls (or apparently anything I own expensive for that matter) so it wouldnt happen in this lifetime. I like my doll in one piece with her face pretty and clean. Thats how Ive gotten to be with many of my things lately... Although hopefully I will get a roommate who shares my interests so, sadly, by the time I get settled into college I may be able to trust my roommate more than my own friends..heh

 

Only if that person is called Raouken, but that's because she's a friend of mine and I know her longer than I know these dolls.
I don't really care about someone's reputation (good as it may be), if I don't know the person very well, I will not borrow her any of my dolls. They are a bit too expensive for that.

 

I have let someone borrow my doll to make clothes for it, but only once and that person was my sister. She doesn't own dolls herself and she doesn't know all the ins and outs about how to handle a doll, but my other doll owning sister lives nearby (to offer help if needed) and I figured it would be okay.
In return I got two outfits that fit my doll perfectly and it's not like family can run from me.

 

I suppose it depends on who I'd loan it to. Most of my friends are not doll people, so I'd probably be a little iffy on that, but I've got a couple other friends who own dolls and for them it wouldn't be a problem, I'm sure. If it was for someone who was planning on getting a doll, but didn't really know how to handle them, I wouldn't mind bringing one of my dolls over and showing them how they work (strings, joints, wigs, eyes, etc.). That way I'd be right there with them, and they'd also be able to see what they'd be getting and how to care for it.

 

Well, speaking strictly as a seamstress here, different dolls do have different measurements, and the most exact measurements can't serve as a proper substitute for having the doll for whom the outfit is intended on hand for fittings. As Sara Crewe once said about her doll Emily's clothes, "They will fit better if they are tried on." That's why professional seamstresses have body forms and also want their clients on hand for fittings. Also, suppose someone is making doll clothes for others so they can afford to buy their own BJD?

That having been said, I still couldn't send my girl off in the mail to a stranger. But since I can make her clothes myself, I won't have to.

 

I understand the fitting thing, but even being a seamstress in constant training myself, I couldn't dream of sending my children out. I just have them give measurements so I can find a similar sized doll in my army and compare with the warning that it won't be perfectly tailored. Or have them do a trace on paper and go from there if they want to try tailoring, with the warning that I can't do tailoring without the doll there.

I don't want the obligation of something happening with their child in my care. [shiver] It would be sad.

 

0_0 I don't think I could send him out to someone I don't know, oh Lord... -I could probably let a friend who does sew borrow him. XD But only because she lives close and I know she'd never hurt him.