Friday, October 4, 2013

Looking on up....

So friends, I just got word that Frankenstitch was accepted to vend @ the Flint Handmade Holiday Craft Market, woo hoo happy about that!! It's been a full year since the last craft show!! I'm ready to go full force this year with the business, I've been hoarding on to this crafty energy it's been pent up some time now and I'm ready!! (past ready) Glad to be back in the saddle again, hope to see some familiar & new faces at the show ;)


I had an eventful week not only did I get into FHHCM but I'm back into the swing of sewing, started back up at the gym with my best girls and soaked up some beautiful Fall weather at the park with my little ladies, life is good!! Hope all of you have a splendid weekend!!

NEW TO THE CREW

meet Pinny the beaver

&

Batacorn Feather Salonda
(their names came from the brilliant mind of Olive Mae age 4)



Wednesday, October 2, 2013

Monsta Contest!!!

It's that time of year again!!
Last years contest was a hoot
Lucy meets Margon Lucy is the little artist that won the contest last Fall. I can't wait to see the monstas submitted this year ;) If anyone has questions just hollar!! Good luck boys and ghouls!!

Tuesday, October 1, 2013

Getting back in the swing of things in the crafting/ social media world...........

Hi friends long time, so since I've entered a new blog there's been a lot of changes in my world. I recently gave birth a lovely baby girl
 Lola Jane who is coming up on 3 months Oct. 15th. this past spring we moved into a bigger home and boy was there nesting.

 Any who this means I'm bout to get back to a routine schedule and balance all the things I love, so be on the look out for new fun things to come!

much love!!
<3 Bills

Tuesday, October 9, 2012





Hello  my name is….. blog spot   http://monstastory.blogspot.com
Twitter   https://twitter.com/stephbills
etsy shop www.etsy.com/shop/monstalove

Frankenstitch Productions creates handcrafted plush storied monstas for people of all ages. Frankenstitch was founded in Flint, MI in Dec. of 2001. Occasionally F.P. goes on extreme tangents and makes accessories of all sorts. You just never know what we are gonna have in store for you, like me everything’s done/created on a whim. So if you fall in love with one you best get it while the gettin’s goot!! I do not use patterns so even if there are two blue beavers no two are going to turn out identical just like people they all have different characteristics. We do custom if there’s anything you don’t see but want let us know and we can do it. There’s never a dull moment in the house of Frankenstitch Productions we like to keep it goofy, keeps life fun.



Frankenstitch offers Halloween items in the storenvy shop http://monstalove.storenvy.com there’s items from two dollars on up to sixty nine dollars depending on how fancy you want to get this season. Items range from Halloween crayons, stickers, hand held ghost plush, pumpkin men, soft sculpture mummies and zombies since they are more detailed /special I like to display them as home decor on a shelf, couch or suspended from the ceiling with fishing line. 









Halloween 2010 we went all out I curated a show Monsta Mash” With the help of two great friends Matthew and Nikki Osmon

I loved it and since it’s that time of year I want to share, I did not have enough time, money or energy for this type of event this year but definitely hope to do another in the future.





  











Fall is my ultimate favorite. I love everything about it. I love the cool air and the crisp leaves that rustling against my shoes that get stuck in my pant cuffs. The colors are so beautiful they warm the cockles in my heart. The animals at this time of year are so busy packing away their peanuts in the hole torn up grass. We love our 3 city squirrels so much we’ve made friends my daughters Olive Mae (3) and step daughter Kami (10) named them Cake, KiKi, Chachy. They are the most socialized squirrels I’ve yet to meet. I love pumpkin everything lets just say I’m a pumpkin freak, if it’s in the ingredients I’m prolly putting it in the cart.

For topic of dressing up this year I most likely will not, if I’m not required I usually stick to my uniform of blue jeans, plain t-shirt and a hoodie- by then I’ll prolly of retired the Birks and moved on to sneaks. But for sure my toddler Olive Mae will be decked out this year we have come to the agreement that she’s gonna be a super hero ‘Super Olive.’ I see the costume consisting of a sweet super hero eye mask (pink) a lil’ flat green olive hat, sweet striped arm and leg warmers atop of leggings with briefs over them and I long sleeved shirt. ’ll be sure to post the pics- life with that kid is just a good time, she’s so cool and I’m so lucky!! <3


Here is pic from last year she was a green olive burger she wore this 2 years in a row it was a hit!!


We are big fans of Halloween we love out pumpkins and if they rot we’re doing 10 more as long as they are lasting till Halloween. We are fans of garland and mom (me) has a thing for installations as I’ve shown you (in the monsta mash pics) so there’s clouds suspended from the ceiling with the orange harvest moon, ghosts and gravestone pillows. Skeletons hang from the art tree next to the pinterest found yarn monsters and pipe cleaner spiders crawl the shelves. Pumpkin candles fill the air and soup simmers to remind up fall is here.



 I was invited to a sweet Halloween party (2006) I was not going to miss and did not want to be crowned as LAME. Ha. I cut the arms covers attached buttons and sewed up the mask,  a giant 2.5ft tail would top off the suit. I’d say it took about 30 min to execute that get up. It was a fun night at the party a name tag was slapped on my hoodie labeled ‘Angry Beaver.’ Lol

My favorite thing about Halloween would be watching all the little rug rats scour the streets for as much candy as they can possible carry and watching the way the conduct their selves and the sounds of shuffling leaves along the way.
My favorite Halloween candy ha I just realized I don’t even know its name, well anyways it’s the peanut butter chews in the orange and black waxy paper wrappers. I am a chocolate freak too – that and pumpkin are pretty much tied.



Fall and Halloween bring cool weather this makes me crave comfort and routine. There’s always coffee involved in the process it allows for full success of powering through a project no matter the size and I love watching random shows, movies, raunchy comedians, and or just listening to awesome music till the wee hours of the night with my side kick Birtha. Birtha is my sewing machine- I call her Birtha cause since I adopted her she’s been birthing out the monstas- she is one of my favorite material companions. I think that October is defiantly a monstas month to shine. October is very inspiring to me, time to honker down for the fall/winter and get down to business. I love the fall it is my absolute favorite. Fall is a time to reflect and slow our gears. In Flint, Mi mother nature has us hustling to pick up our gardens and pack up our outdoor toys and hole up in our cozy spaces we live and do what makes us happiest, for me it’s nonstop creating whether it’s for Frankenstitch, an art project with my daughters  or a project around the house.  Never give up on your dreams, keep on keepin’ on and you will be all that you can and want to be.

XxXxxXO Steph


Sunday, February 5, 2012

Another new product not yet mentioned on this blog is our new line of key chains

 What's New

Frankenstitch is now making dried herb filled key chains so not only are they cute they smell awesome, you gotta go on and get chu one ;D




 
mohawked owl looking good and smelling better

they're waiting to clip on to your key chain or back pack 
so get over to the shop and check em out ;)



http://www.etsy.com/shop/monstalove?section_id=7291948


Key chains and Valentines orders are whats on the table tonight- 

cheers~ Happy Super Bowl watching!!




NEW on deck--- amoeba squeaks and catnip euglenas!!


didn't want to leave anybody out so we are now stocking


eu·gle·na  (y-gln)
n.
Any of various minute single-celled freshwater organisms of the genus Euglena, characterized by the presence of chlorophyll, a reddish eyespot, and a single anterior flagellum.






Plush euglenas for your kittays housing organic catnip
my kitties are Jealy!! They stalked me the entire process of creating these protists


And for the Dogs



a·moe·ba also a·me·ba  (-mb)
n. pl. a·moe·bas also a·me·bas or a·moe·bae also a·me·bae (-b)
Any of various one-celled aquatic or parasitic protozoans of the genus Amoeba or related genera, having no definite form and consisting of a mass of protoplasm containing one or more nuclei surrounded by a flexible outer membrane. It moves by means of pseudopods.
 Plush Amoeba sqeaks


every so often they'll hit the squeak when they're chewing the sqeaks a little bigger than a quarter

More canine and feline toys to come stay tuned!! <3 <3 <3

Saturday, January 21, 2012

crunch, thanks,....blab



So today was a stressful  packed day hence the 'crunch' of the title.  So last night I chose to slack a little, well I chit chatted on the phone and edited photos which was something to check of the bucket list , just not first, second or third.......heh, whatever it's done. I only say it was stressful because of how mad I was for passing out when I took my 4a.m. nap instead of waking 20 min later, and working till the usual 6:30 a.m.

So today was full of hunks, pickles and toof fairy pillows, wtf - ha sounds a little exciting on paper, well it really wasn't. It was a day where you had to keep reminding yourself to think like a machine, 15 hrs and going strong minus making my kid happy breaks. It was a good day for both Olive and I her projects consisted of paints and markers on paper and she made a mini shrine with her already existing art box housing her model magic Christmas elephants and finger puppet- today she added fake flower heads all around it, it looks super cute too.

So the thanks go out to my dad for coming over with my fav the Flint Crepe Company - iced mocha- the best you ever had! He also ordered Sicily's pizza the bomb biggity, so good. Seeing how I had the six foot table set up with more projects than the average day can handle.... he took over lil Miss Olive Maes demands and kept her happy. I powered through the mother load of hunks, yep right in front of every body- lol. Pickles one even has a bad back haha think my dad inspired that one. I finished up a couple key chains and my 2nd pregnant with removable baby monsta. So I'm gonna say it was a good day! ;)



Also I'd like to make a special thanks to Sarah Reed for all the tips and time she donated to helping me with the camera- she helped select a nice point and shoot Fuji camera for table top photography and answered an array of most likely whiney questions ha and was nice and super helpful every time.  I also received a few pointers from my girl Amelia's hub about photoshop and editing thanks Jason. I am gonna be doing my own photography until I have enough revenue to pay out and still have money left I'm about to get there, because I have just made this my full time job, not having a paper check can be scary scary in the wrong situation, but I truly believe if you want something bad enough with enough hard work and determination you can make anything happen, nothing to it but to do it.   


So the blab starts here.............

So the latest latest would have to be that Frankenstitch Productions has made into boutiques and we are totally stoked about it and hope to have F.P. in every state by the end of 2012, that's my dream soon to come true.



So needless to say since I retired my apron for slanging' sandwiches full time - I've been sewing all time- busier than ever and feeling good bout it.



**We also made a few minor packaging/presentation upgrades for you all-





New bags for craft show, monsta show off







and coming anyday butt tags for the monstas



The name header up at the tip tip top is a sweet gift from Katie Cawood from www.flintprints.com thanksagain lady!!

For any of you who remember the hater that dissed me on the mlive artice - if no here it is  http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/flint/index.ssf/2011/11/nov_13_meet_your_neighbor_step.html
Well lets just say I've had friends that have let assholes like this one ruin em not I, I used that trolls bad juju and went to town creating him and let me tell you it's for sure the way to deal with these people, cause I will have to say it was the most fun I've had in quit some time cutting a monsta- haha so Mr. J.C. I want to thank you for breaking the mind volt and letting me take F.P. to another level disgust haha I love it- deuces to all and to all a good night - over out Roger that!




















Custom Love Bugs





 Two peas in a pod