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Happy Holidays!

From our family to yours....HAPPY HOLIDAYS! Jedi sends his love, too!

xoxo,

Jen, Mr. UpCyclist, Miss O and Master Jedi

Happy Holidays & Trailer Love

Wishing you the happiest of holidays and so much trailer love you and I both burst with joy!

xoxo,

Jen

Confused about my trailer obsession? Read here and here for the backstory. 2017, woot, woot!

Ornament from Nordstrom. Thanks to my amazing sister for gifting it to me.

Hello. How are your holiday celebrations so far (if you celebrate them)? Have you done anything fun? Are you taking time to relax and replenish?

I'm the worst, sometimes, at replenishing. Are you?

Thankfully, I'm nestled in the Rocky Mountains, taking ski runs, and hikes/walks with Jedi, so I have plenty of time to relax, replenish and think. Maybe too much time to think. I don't know about you, but sometimes thinking isn't relaxing or replenishing. It means the hamster is running full steam on its hamster wheel of my mind.

Hmmmm. That hamster needs to pipe down.

As you can see from the photos above and below, my family and I have been keeping a full schedule. What you may not know about us (or me) is we like to play hard, but then we retreat and keep pretty low-key. The three of us are true ambiverts. Make that the four of us. Jedi is an ambivert, too, which is another reason he was meant to be in our family.

As you can see from the photos, I am falling more deeply in love with Colorado. I mean just look at the scenery, will you? So beautiful this place.

If you need or want more captioning for the photos above, head on over to Upcycled Education's Instagram account. I've got all the photos captioned there. I'm just lazy (or is that efficient?) and like to quickly make these photo collages on my iPhone. In case you want to make your own quickie-collages, but don't know how: I just take a screenshot of my images in their grid formation and crop out all the junk. Voila, an instant photo collage to share here. Nothing fancy.

xoxo,

Jen

Yay, Happy Holidays!

It hasn't stopped snowing in Breckenridge, Colorado today. We skied this morning and then, took off to run errands in town. Plus, Jedi needed a stop at the dog park as evidenced here. Being a dog in Breck is truly the life. Our tree is decorated for the holidays; I am totally in love with the fabric garland I made. We decided to wrap it around the tree. Next year, I will make another to wrap the tree even more. Like the "I need more cow bell" phrase. "I need more garland, please!"

Santa is due here tonight. We are leaving him our favorite ski bars - chocolate revel bars. You can find the recipe here. They are a family favorite for skiing as they are chocolatey and energy-packed. We have reservations at one of the tastiest restaurants in town. I am already craving their ramen noodles. Yummmmmmy.

I will be taking a few days off from blogging to enjoy the holidays with my family. Two things....

1. Thank you so much for reading Upcycled Education. The internet is so big and having us connected this way makes it feel more small and endearing.

2. Have a great holiday - whatever you celebrate or not! 2014 is coming. I wonder what treasures it will hold for you and yours.

My absolute best,

Jen

For the Young Fashion Designer

Lil O is into fashion design lately. Actually, she has been for a while, but now she has the fine and gross motor skills to pull it off. Santa (aka: Amazon) delivered this fashion studio Christmas morning.

Cousin A and Lil O had the best time enjoying it......

They did challenges, used interesting materials like tissue paper, pipe cleaners, and washi tape & sketched their designs.

Lil O and Cousin A even challenged me to create a "bridesmaid dress." You can see my design in the top left square below. All the other designs are theirs. I give their designs and this studio kit an A+ rating!

Lil O gives it an A+ rating, too! Ditto for Cousin A.

What gifts would you give an A+ rating?

Curious,

Jen

A Good Holiday

It was a good holiday. Just as it should be when we are at our real home - lots of family, friends, cheer, good food and love. We've spent the last few holidays in Colorado at our other home, which is totally enjoyable, but in different ways.

Here's a holiday recap. And by the way, my iPhone had over 6,000 photos on it and thus, it was giving me an error message that I couldn't take anymore. Bah humbug. Mr. UpCyclist helped me download all those lovely photos. Now, I am ready to take 6K more.

Lil O by our tree.......She is way into fashion design lately, so many of her presents centered around that theme.

Christmas night dinner at my sister's house. Lil O is sporting her new outfit from her cousins. Cute, isn't it? I love the gun metal gray color. I believe the entire outfit is from 77 Kids; purse from Claire's.

The three cousins on their new love sac. That sac is a hoot.

What do you think of my new dress from Macy's? It made of t-shirt material, which means it is so soft and comfortable. Thanks, Mom and Hal!

Here are some day-after shots....Lil O in her fascinator headband. That was a great find at Kohl's for 50% off that day. Mr. UpCyclist is working on the Our Home Town puzzle. The puzzle is of our home in Colorado. Ahhh......

And me. Happy, slightly tired, me with sweet Jedi in the background.

How was your holiday, Upcyclists?

xoxo,

Jen

PS - What do you think about the wall behind Mr. UpCyclist in the photo above? Wouldn't it make a great chalkboard wall?