Your love to doll is glowing or fading with time

Hmm this is quite an interesting topic..

I have to admit that as I grow older, the time I spend with my doll are lesser. As work seem to eat up most of my energy & time, some time I just wish that I do nothing when I have personal time.

Though I spend less time with my dolls (the sad thing), I still love them for who they are.
Lol, just recently I have decided to take a resin family shoot after the long procrasination. Though it was tiring, it was pretty much of a joy

Here the pic that I have taken recent: http://www.flickr.com/photos/qing_jess/7567402276/

 

Well, I was already 20 or so with a full time job(so no more or less time for the hobby than before) when I started collecting, and I never did the whole playing with my dolls/pretending they're alive/taking them around, etc...that one might grow out of so to me they are still the beautiful works of art that I have loved for 8 years. Also my sewing, faceups, and photography have improved by leaps and bounds so I enjoy them a lot more now.

 

My interest in my dolls goes back-and-forth, like all my interests. I find that generally around Christmas and during the Summer, I'm more interested in them, while my interest fades in the Fall and Spring. This is because I'm more likely to interact with them when I have more free time. Sometimes, I wish I could go back in time and avoid the hobby completely. I always enjoy seeing them on display, but I question if they're worth the money I've used on them. My enjoyment of them fades whenever I think of something I'd like to buy that I can't afford, like a grand piano. So, during times when I'm playing my synthesizer a lot, I feel less interested in the dolls because they are part of the reason I can't get a grand piano. (Another reason being that I have no room for it...)

 

:/ Interesting topic...
I try to keep myself interested with them by attending to them on an almost daily basis,like combing the wig,however,that is only possible when I have the free time.I realised my interest fades whenever I'm getting busy and it will be back,whenever my emotions are going down or whenever I got the time.
I got into this hobby,when my mental state was at an almost breaking stage.This hobby gave me a space which I can go create something,a world or a character which is based on my imagination,it's a time for me to take a break from the reality,a form of stress relief.There may be ups and downs,time when I tend to procrastinate and so but I can't see myself stopping,unless I have a reason, like I'm in serious need of money and the cash flow on hand is insufficient,then in that case,I will have no other choice other than selling them to settle the situation which needed to be prioritized.
Perhaps because the dolls were made so human-liked and they have a character which I've created for them.The emotions I have for them started to grow,it's very difficult for me to part with them,since they have already become like an important friend of mine.

 

My doll interest - both in the dolls themselves as well as the hobby as a hole - grows and shrinks all the time. Sometimes external factors make me lose interest in the hobby, but the same factors can make me gain interest in it, too. I don't think anything has made me seriously consider 'leaving' the hobby - and I probably wouldn't actually leave it; I just wouldn't participate here as much.

Much of my summer has been full of sewing woes, and for a few months, I was on a sewing kick. Now, that's seemed to pass, but I'm sure in a few months (when I'm pressed for time) it'll start up again.

 

Yes yes yes!!

I was busy all year with my first year of uni, so I didn't have much time with my dolls.
About a month or so ago as the summer started my heart was broken, and then my dolls were my solace because of their creative aspect. I could distract myself with gathering materials, designing face-ups and clothes etc. I feel like as they nearer completion, I nearer I am to healing? It's a strange feeling, probably completely psychological.

I've been instilling characters on them based on my emotional states, to a point they are literally a part of me. Greta, the idealistic disney princess wannabe with all the hope and love to give in the world. Renwick, the black deer who is all about being fierce and strong, but on the inside battles her own demons and insecurities but heaven forbid her loved ones know. Virginia, wrathful and sensual and willing to use sex as a weapon. Carmen, has let a party lifestyle once used as periodic escapism to overtake her to the point it's killing her.

Anyway what I'm trying to say right now is my love for my dolls is glowing. As cliché as this sounds, it's a safe love because they can't break my heart, and that is comforting as hell.
Right now I don't even think about the money they cost, because maybe it's unhealthy but they are my coping mechanism, a messed up sort of therapy. And at the end, when I'm mended, I get something stunningly beautiful out of all my pain.

 

Mine has grown. I've had Amir for almost 4.5 years, Loki will be hitting 4 years in September. And I love them more every day! Some of my others have faded and they were sold. I think what makes the difference is getting a doll you really love in the first place, not buying because it's cheap or instock or impulse. Take time to think about what you REALLY want. Also, for me, the character is as important as the doll. I spend time almost every day doing something with Amir and Loki, whether it's role playing them, sewing for them, writing plotlines, doing maintenance or just hugging them. It helps me keep the bond.

When I first created their characters, I split my own personality down the middle and gave Amir my sweet, positive half and gave Loki my dark, negative half and let them grow from there. It's very interesting to see them develop into their own characters and now I almost have to laugh at how much they've changed, since Loki has lightened up a lot and is so goofy and Amir has a very snarky, bitchy side. but because of how they were created, they still feel like a part of me, even if they've become their own "people". I think this is also why these two hold a higher place in my heart than any of the others. The character and the doll are one in the same to me, so that makes me want to keep the dolls around.

 

I'm relatively new to the hobby, but I've already been amazed at how much my attachment has grown for my resin doll. I honestly thought I would get her and go, "oh pretty!" and leave her on a shelf but its's been so different.

As she's been here, she just keeps growing in personality. I also really like sewing and designing things for her.

I'm sure my interest in the hobby will fluctuate over time, but right now I'm amazed at how much my interest is surging.

 

I 'm fairly new to bjds also. I never would have imagined spending this much $$ on dolls!
But I find them to be beautiful little works of art. These small spirits have come to inhabit
my corner of the world, and I can't help but smile when I pass them. I hope to learn all I can about
the dolls and design clothing in my spare time....but if all I ever do is enjoy having them around that's
ok too! I never tire of art!

 

I think my intrest fluctuates quite a lot. Although I alwasy have them near to look at and will change there poses and make sure there clean and dont become dusty when things have got to busy lately with finishing my last few months of college they definatly got neglected because I didnt have the time to spend doing what I love which is taking photos of them and writting, expanding there characters and back stories. I'm hoping now thats finished I will get to start really enjoying them again and working towards getting more of the dolls on my wishlist. I think it does scare me slightly that I might one day lose my love for the hobbie and no longer want dolls which iv put alot of time money and soul into creating

 

For a while, mine went back and forth. But now I've found my love for BJDs giving way to a love for Pullips, which I found after my BJD obsession.

I still love my BJDs, but I've found myself contemplating selling them to pay for things like cat food when I'm seriously low on money, where as I would never sell my Pullips. I also only make clothes for my Pullips now and only take pictures of them, where as my BJDs just sit on my shelf. (I did try to take some pictures of them a few times but grew frustrated because the two types are just so different!)

 

As a doll enthusiast who is content with just having my dolls on display to look at, I don't feel that my interest in them has waned at all. I appeciate them as works of art, not as play things. They require little maintenance really when they are in my glass display unit, just a clean down now and again so I have relatively little interaction with them as i'm not interested in doll photography, dioramas, playing around with them or taking them out and about with me.

 

The amount of time I spend on them fluctuates with my available time, but this is my 10th year owning dolls and I can probably safely say that this hobby will be with me for life.
Over the years my sewing, faceups and photography have improved so the hobby has actually become more easily enjoyable and less frustrating, so if anything I'm more into dolls now than when I started.
The dolls themselves may come and go, but the hobby is here to stay XD

 

They are just there whenever i want them, if i don't have time for them i can look at them where they sit watching my life. When i have time, i can do whatever my mood takes me to, making clothes for them, making up stories, photos, outings, anything. I can't see myself loving them less.

 

I wouldn't say my love for my dolls grows or fades with time, but the amount of time and energy I spend with them fluctuates. I have other hobbies that I rotate between, so whatever I want to focus on most at the time gets the majority of my attention. When I take my BJDs out, I love them as much as the day I got them.