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The Best Bean Soup with Leftover Ham

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The Best Bean Soup with Leftover Ham

Even though most wouldn’t call Homemade Honeybaked Ham a teaser, ’cause it’s delicious, you might fall into that camp after you try this soup. Part of my attempts at making the copycat Honeybaked version was a means to a very specific end…Bean Soup. Let’s be honest. Bean Soup with leftover ham doesn’t sound like a […]

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Thoughts On Easter

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Thoughts On Easter

I’ve been sitting in this coffee shop for almost an hour and a half. Staring at my screen. I’m supposed to be writing. This is my weekly chance for 3 hours uninterrupted to create with words. I’ve finally opened a whole new window on my computer to stop distractions of the tabs I have open. […]

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How to Make Your Own Homemade Honey Baked Ham

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How to Make Your Own Homemade Honey Baked Ham

Why is Honey Baked Ham so expensive? No really…Why is it?  My grocery store actually gives people a free ham when they buy a turkey at Thanksgiving!  Yes, I know that is a promotion, but a Honeybaked delicacy can easily cost $80.00!  I did the math on the copycat ham in these pictures.  The homemade […]

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WHY I QUIT FEELING GUILTY ABOUT NOT HAVING MORE KIDS

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WHY I QUIT FEELING GUILTY ABOUT NOT HAVING MORE KIDS

I watched her walk through the door, baby carrier hooked on her elbow and her 2 year old already yelling out for my boys. We were so similar in stage. Age no, stage yes. Babies close, in the toddler trenches together. And yet, because of my age possibly, or years of marriage, I’ve been a […]

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COME OUT OF HIDING

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COME OUT OF HIDING

“I’ve been doing really good lately.”  not sure who am I trying to convince. “This is the first one I’ve had in a few days.”  days?  really?  that’s embarrassing. “I actually don’t miss it this time.” time #349,987. Seriously.  These are lines that I have said so many times that I can’t count.  Can you […]

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MEET AND GREET: ALLISON OF FOR YOU CREATIVE + CUSTOM DESIGNED FREEBIE

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MEET AND GREET: ALLISON OF FOR YOU CREATIVE + CUSTOM DESIGNED FREEBIE

One of the coolest things since starting down this road with Made Frank, has been that I have either met, or deepened relationships with, some of the most fantastic and gifted people.  Artists, writers, photographers, and designers, talent swirls around if you go looking for it.  And amazingly enough, so many of them are more […]

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Hi there! Welcome to Made Frank. A place for grace, honesty, and hope. And ridiculousness. And Dr. Pepper. And cute kids. And things I make to "make" my life easier and beautiful. Oh. And this is a no shame environment. Thanks for stopping by.

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I Don’t Like Wise. Wise Is Too Hard.

I Don’t Like Wise. Wise Is Too Hard.

WHY I QUIT FEELING GUILTY ABOUT NOT HAVING MORE KIDS

WHY I QUIT FEELING GUILTY ABOUT NOT HAVING MORE KIDS

QUIT ACTING LIKE THE DAY IS RUINED

QUIT ACTING LIKE THE DAY IS RUINED

Thoughts On Easter

Thoughts On Easter

My hope for this space is that you leave here with a lot of truth and honesty about life, longing, faith and doubt, dirty houses and fit-throwing kids, mothering and “wifedom”, my failures and shortcomings, and still some successes. I plan to cover you with a deluge of grace, hope and victory, and the freedom to fail and get back up with me. Read More…

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