How do you store/transport your dolls' clothing & accessories?

[Emera]

With the arrival of a new doll this week, I had to do some frantic reorganization of my first doll's clothing and accessories, so it occurred to me to ask what others do to see if I couldn't pick up some storage tips.

So, how do you store and organize your doll items? (this includes clothes, accessories, and supplies like eyes and tools, but primarily I'm interested in clothing and accessories.) When you travel with your dolls, how much do you bring along, and where do you keep it? I would love to see both descriptions and photos, so share whatever you can!

As I'm a college student, I travel with my doll bag (a standard DOD carry bag - I love how much you can fit in one bag XD) pretty often, so I have to make sure that everything fits in there. So my two dolls go in between the cushions, then outside of the cushions I slide thin cardboard boxes: one for each of my dolls' clothes (luckily they have very small wardrobes :P), and one for props and supplies like cleaning sponges, eyes, and hands. It works for now, but I'm very aware that I'm going to start running out of room in the clothing boxes soon. XD;

[ArcaneMuse]

Hmm, well I don't travel with their clothes but I do have separate storage for their items.
Tools (elastic, putty, sponges, s-hooks, etc) are kept in my Craftsmen toolcabinet in our garage. I'm an avid sewer so my dolls have boxes of clothes. I use hatboxes and cardboard "suitcases" you can get an Joann's or Michaels. Their shoes stay in the Dollheart boxes they've come in and are kept in a cabinet in the doll room. Same with their eyes. The wigs are a mess. I've stuffed them all into a box that is too small. I swear those things breed.

I guess for traveling it might be advantageous to invest in another bag to carry their clothes once they get more stuff. I've always liked these: http://www.joann.com/joann/catalog.j...DID=xprd499250
They have all kinds of nifty pockets and compartments.

[Tonboko]

I'm another person that does not travel with a lot of doll stuff (not a lot of meetups near enough for me to attend ) but at home I use this beast.

Its long enough to lay SD sized outfits flat, which is a must when they are made of materials you dont wan't creasing or cracking. And there is tons of room in there for eveything dollish.

I have no clue why the thing costs so much on the website. I got mine at a Targe store for less than $20 and that is the normal price. Very odd....

On the two occastions I was able to go to a meet, I just threw all my goodies I wanted to take in my messenger bag. Another idea is to get a few dolly garmet bags.

[captainkyo]

ive only taken my Beck, outside once.. the rest of the time hes stayed home...
but i know i will need to get a carrying bag for him.. i plan on taking with me on vacation.

Right now.. I have a small side desk..
thats just covered in wigs, clothes, eyes, toys,
theres a puki puki somewhere in that mess and some chairs..
xDD i really need to organize him.

I also have something similar to what Tonboko has.. but i just use it to store old junk my dolls dont need/use, so i can get it out of my face xD.

I did go to a meetup and someone had a carrier bag just full of clothes/wigs/everything seperated in ziplock or soemthing baggies
and they filled a carrier bag with just that stuff.

[MysCy]

I usually carry my doll clothing and accessories in a small suitcase, probably roughly about as big as an A5 sized sheet of paper with a depth of about 15cm. Although I usually only use that for trips longer than 1 week or if I'm going to a doll meet or convention or something like that. Yeah my dolls have a fair amount of clothing and what not

[saraquill]

When I'm moving in and out of the dorms, the mini girls get placed one or two at a time in my DOD bags, and I cram in all the wigs and clothing that will fit. Eyes shoes and other things go in the outer pouches.

[Metalkatt]

I don't go many places with Konna (Iowa is a little too big for folk to meet up often), and I use a combination of decorative wooden boxes, miniature "luggage trunks" and long plastic tubs to store his stuff. His clothes are kept in the large rosewood box I often use as a photography base, and the accessories are in the smaller containers...

[Kuru]

I've never really had to travel with my boys, but I plan on using a small suitcase. I make lots of clothes so they'll need all the space I can give them!

[ChibiInuTsuzuki]

we have a lot of dolls in this small apartment, thus alot of doll stuff and limited space to store it all. I went to CVS and picked up two of those plastic drawer units with the three drawers (the larger ones). We're now using the top two drawers for all the doll clothes and shoes and wigs and such, and the bottom 4 as storage for all our sewing fabric. But it works wonderfully to keep the doll stuff neat and organized. As for traveling. I only take what I know or think i'll need with me. My doll carriers have some pockets inside so i carry my stuff in that. anything else, i just take a small tote bag with me.

[Lotte Rotten]

I store my misc doll clothes + dolly accessories in 2 drawers. Each of my boys also have a box where I keep 'their' clothes/eyes/wigs. And then I use 2 of the boxes (that the dolls arrived in) to store some more clothes..! >___<

[onnawufei]

I have little stackable plastic tubs for my dolls clothes. Some of them share a tub if their fashion sense is so similar that they share clothes a lot, but most have their own. Then I have a "communal stuff" tub with shoes, underwear, socks and pants that everyone shares. This works great in theory until I send a doll to visit a friend and never put clothes back once they return. *L*

[digikym]

I actually need to re-organize all of my doll items. Maybe I'll do that this weekend... I do love to organize! Especially with the arrivals of three little ones coming in soon (my MNF Chiwoo, Jonas, shipping today or tomorrow, my Elf Shy shipping on the fourth, and my BF WS Jerome, shipping in the upcoming weeks), the thought of re-organizing and trying to make room is so exciting.

For now, I keep all of my doll clothes in a small little trunk. I don't have too many clothes, as I had to sell most of them when I cleared out my previous collection -- so most of my boys only have one outfit each, and one pair of shoes/socks... But their collection will grow again. It's large enough I don't need to fold the clothes up, but can lay them out flat on top of each other, which is very nice.

Now my wigs... I have quite an extensive collection, because I'm a fur wig hoarder. I LOVE fur wigs. I keep all of those in a small hat box. I'm really curious how other people keep their wigs... I almost wish I could have them on display, but that would just be kind of weird. XD

All of my faceup supplies, eyes, and other odds and ends... I really need to get this figured out. Right now, I have my pastels in a wooden pastel-box on my desk, cans of MSC, Zouk Powder Spray on top of an entertainment center, wooden art box of paints, brushes, etc beside my bed, and everything else in a dresser drawer. There just isn't enough space...! ;__;

[Emera]

ArcaneMuse: Thanks very much for the link to the suitcase! That looks fantastic - I'll definitely keep it in mind in the future.

Tonboko: Ha, I just bought a set similar to that today, to store my fabrics in! I found mine via Staples, though. They're definitely very useful; if my doll collection grows any more, I might invest in one just for that. And the garment bag looks so cute and useful, too.

Digikym: I'm happy I'm not the only one who's obsessed with organizing and reorganizing! Having everything neatly organized always makes me more excited about doing stuff.
It would be so cute if you set up a dollie "dressing room" with wig stands for each of your fur wigs! X3 I only own a couple of wigs for my dolls (err, a grand total of three, with two of them being worn at the moment XD), but when stored, I like laying them out side-by-side in a box, each in a wig net to keep them tidy and grab-able.

[girdethsvoice]

I found it useful to wash out clear plastic boxes that hold larger amounts of spring-mix salad for sale in several of our local grocery stores. They're about 8" wide and 5" deep and maybe 10" long, I think. They're fairly sturdy, they stack well, the clear lids snap on pretty well, and you can see the contents. I try to keep things organized into different boxes for different categories. Drawbacks: They're somewhat crushable so they do pack easier in tight spaces such as hard-sided cases, but they won't stand up to major impact if you're trying to pad things that might break. I generally stack them together in some other carrier, such as fabric bags or backpacks, I don't let them run free in the entire car trunk for trips. It's also advisable to use big rubber bands as extra lid-holding insurance for trips.

[sakura-oki]

For storage i started with a large hatbox but quickly out grew that. I have graduated to the sterilite plastic drawers. I have a total of seven drawers that i have divided everything into. Each to its own drawer-wigs, shoes, misc, and then 2 drawers for their clothes broken down by size (tinies and MSD/SD). When i need to carry them out i have a couple different bags that i use. I have 2 that i found at Ross in the luggage section that i can fit 2 SD's, my MSD and my tinies no problem. I have also been seen carrying several of them in a basket to conventions, though it does get a little heavy after a while and a bit awkward in crowds. If i just have my tinies i have a Hello Kitty make up bag that i carry them in.

[halfling]

I store my doll clothing and accessories in a drawer. When I travel with my dolls, I pack them in padded envelopes I made, called cozy sacks.

[Carolyn.S]

I use stackable plastic boxes with lid that attaches securely and a handle on top. I try to keep shoes/socks/undies/tights/jewelry in one box, clothing in one or two, and wigs in one. I usually only take a doll over a relative's house so a toss a few wigs and some shoes into a clothes box and bring that.

Carolyn

[Pixycrack]

Currently for my crew I use clear small storage boxes for their clothes. Everyone has their own box. Shoes are kept in the lost boys' school trunks, Wigs are in a separate box, and jewelery is hidden in their chaise lounge. For traveling to meets and such I use a largeish picnic basket. It's big enough for 4 minis, or any combination of mini and tiny. It has a hard lid and is solid so nothing can bash into them. I lined it with my dolls pillows so it's also nice and sqooshy inside for them. ^_^ I recently aquired a second basket type thing for just the tinys. It still needs some pillow outfitting though.

[Karhys]

Hmm, it's really interesting to hear people's different methods for storage and travel!

For storage, my dolls have pretty much taken over my room with their damn stuff, heh. They have four drawers in one of my desks that are for their clothes -- all of which is carefully sorted, ie casual pants, leather pants, shorts, long-sleeved shirts, short-sleeved shirts, SD10 clothes, Unoa clothes, tinies clothes, etc, etc. Then there's a drawer for wigs and shoes, and another drawer for accessories, spare parts, eyes and tolls. These are divided into various boxes within the drawer to make storage and access easier; for example there's a small box for general toys/accessories, a box for hair stuff (brushes, wig sprays, conditioner) and another box for eyes and body parts, which has the little eye boxes and spare parts boxes stacked up inside it.

On top of that the back half of one desk is entirely taken up with furniture and other spare accessories and such. (Some of their furniture has drawers which I also use for storing various accessories.) And under the desk is pretty much all their junk that won't fit elsewhere. I also store some of the larger furniture out in the main room because there's no room for it in my bedroom. >_>; They really have taken over...

When travelling, I pack the dolls themselves in a Volks carrying case that I have, but I'm usually travelling with multiple dolls so I tend to cram as many of them in there as possible. So clothes, shoes, accessories etc tend to go in my check-in luggage. The dolls themselves are to me more important to get in as carry-on, so anything else just gets shoved in my suitcases, usually rather haphazardly.

That's if I'm actually travelling overseas, though. If I'm just going out for meets or the like, I just put a couple of dolls in the carrying case and then pack their clothes, shoes, accessories or whatever in the pockets. The tinies sometimes even get taken in my handbag (with their heads wrapped) as it's easier!

[lemonsky]

Gack.. everyone has drawers or boxes! I have little storage space so his stuff is put in any spare space I can find in my room - spare boxes, shelves, spare drawers, etc. I need to organise his stuff more.