Welcome to the next Teacup Adventure – a stop in beautiful Colorado to meet Up-cycler and Crafter Extraordinaire, Chas from Chas’ Crazy Creations!
But First …
You might want some background on our Traveling Teacup. (Named Tessa Rose by her hosts.)
It all started as a photo challenge. Here’s the introductory post: The Exciting Beginnings of the Traveling Teacup. I honestly never thought it would go on this long – or be so much fun! I’ve met so many wonderful creative people. And what a journey our Tessa Rose has had – one teacup adventure after another. And more to come!
- A beautiful Oregon farm belonging to my dear friend Martha
- The Bay Area with crafter and HomeTalk personality Cynthia Nessel
- The lovely home of Kansas City stylist Suzanne Zingg
- Teatime in Texas with Lifestyle blogger Candace McCoy
- The gorgeous Lakebay WA cottage garden of IG star Kim Robinson
- A cool So Cal family tea with small-space decorator Julie Briones
- A day of tea, art, and music with Michele at The Nest at Finch Rest
- Meeting interesting new people with Linda Defazio at Somerset Lodge
- A fun and busy detour to my dear SIL in Walla Walla
- Some VERY hot weather with Instagrammer SavvyCheri in N. Tustin CA
- A pink pumpkin party with Alicia, the talented creator of IG’s 13Tables
- The historic Phoenix estate of renovator & home blogger Mary Crozier
- Back to the NW and my neighbors’ home to meet their new puppy
- A Vermont snowfall with photographer Ann, of Dabbling and Decorating
- The Northwoods to see the Queen of Plaid, Kristin at White Arrows Home
Stop #16 ~ Our Cup Goes on a Teacup Adventure with Chas
And then it was off to Colorado! Just a little over 1000 miles southwest of Kristin’s home in Minoqua.
Not only did our teacup go 1000 miles sideways, she also went over a mile and a half up! Chas took her on a teacup adventure to a beautiful lake – but I’ll let her tell you about that. Here we go!
New Friends
I was so excited to open the box and receive the traveling tea cup!
Just as an aside, looks like that box has held up pretty well on her journey to Chas. In the past, the box has gotten pretty beat up after this many trips!
She started with us in Fort Collins, Colorado where she met my family.
Awww, aren’t they darling? And congrats to the graduate!
Grand Lake ~ The Teacup Adventure Continues
We brought her up to Grand Lake, Colorado where we celebrated Thanksgiving. I enjoyed a nice cup of coffee in the mountains while reading a book with her.
I took her to Point Park which is one of my favorite spots, and happens to have the best view of Mount Baldy, and Grand Lake.
She was able to enjoy some of the amazing views.
Wow – that water looks so beautiful! Apparently this is the deepest and largest lake in Colorado! And it’s pretty cold too. I bet Chas didn’t take Tessa Rose swimming!
Colorado Wildfires
We were very grateful to be able to enjoy our small condo in Grand Lake, as it was recently threatened by the East Troublesome Fire. Within 24 hours, it became the 2nd largest wildfire in Colorado history.
We showed Tessa Rose the view from Point Park where you could see just how close the burn made it to the town.
We took a small tour to see the devastation of 200,000 acres burned. Over 300 homes were lost in this fire, and our hearts sank to see such sadness.
Oh my gosh – this is so terrible! I know all our hearts go out to everyone affected by these awful fires. And I’m so glad the town -and Chas’ condo – were spared!
Meeting Some Other Teacups
We traveled back to Fort Collins, Colorado and she was able to meet some of my other tea cups.
Oh, what beautiful cups and saucers! And how about that stand? I’ve never seen anything like that before.
And it looks like Tessa Rose got to share a muffin too!
Trading Teacups
She also met my beautiful tea cup from Barbara that I received on our amazing trip. A dream came true to meet my dear friend whom I had only seen online for the last year.
Chas and I have been in a blogging group together for quite a while but never met in person until recently. We finally met at an wonderful virus-respectful gathering with a few others from the group. You can read more about that in this tablescape post.
On that trip, I gave her the pale green teacup, above, and she gave me a lovely mid century silvery-colored one. (You might just see it in a Teacup Tuesday post sometime soon!)
I was so happy to meet Chas – she’s as amazing in real life and she is online. And her creativity is off the charts! I think she can make anything out of anything!
Upcycled Serving Tray
For instance, this serving tray was a former cabinet door!
If you want to see how she did it, you can check out this post on her website. Chas is a great teacher and shows us exactly how to do it.
But, back to our Teacup Adventure!
Teatime ~ The Traditional Teacup Adventure
My sister, daughter, and I all enjoyed a delightful cup of tea together.
Looks like they’ve been doing some Christmas decorating too!
We are so sad our time with her is up, and we are so very grateful that we had a chance to share some time with her.
A Big Thank You to our Host!
We’ve had so much fun following Tessa Rose’s teacup adventure with you Chas! Thanks so much for hosting, and sharing your family, your home, and your travels with us!
Onward to Another Teacup Adventure!
It’s onward for our little teacup. Next stop – Dallas, TX!
See you then!
Teacup Shopping
If you love teacups as much as I do and want to start or add to your collection, Click HERE for the Shopping Page. Then scroll down and click on the picture of the teacup.
And remember, a portion of anything you buy from MANTELandTABLE.com goes to Habitat for Humanity and Proud Ground. With our purchases, we get to help people build homes for their own mantels and tables!
Pin the Teacup Adventure for Later
Have a Lovely Teacup Tuesday – I mean Thursday!
Another wonderful adventure! It was so much fun to read about her time with Chas!!
Thanks so much Kristin! It looks like they had a wonderful time! I want to visit her next! 🙂 I’m so glad you stopped by – Happy Thursday!
What a fun trip Tessa Rose had with Chas and her family. She is a very popular teacup!
Ha – she sure is! 🙂 I’m so happy she has such wonderful hosts like you all! See you at Charming Homes & Gardens tomorrow!
Chas, gave Tessa a beautiful day. Such devastating looking at the damage from that horrible fire.
They had a great time visiting and sipping tea.
Cindy
Hi Cindy! You’re right – that looked like such a great time! Thanks so much for following this teacup journey with us, and hope you have a lovely Saturday!
I agree with Maristella. Just gorgeous! Heading over to Chas’ site too. So looking forward to hosting TR even though I can’t top the beautiful mountain scen!es. Happy Thursday
Hi Kim it’s going to be so fun! TR is heading to you tomorrow – I can’t wait to see what you two do together! Happy Thursday to you too!
Gorgeous!Hugs!
Thanks so much, Maristella! Hugs back!
Chas hosted Tessa Rose so splendidly, Barbara. It was so nice to “meet” her sister and daughter, too.
I actually cried seeing the aftermath of such a devastating fire. It’s difficult to wrap my head around 300 pure forests just GONE. These forests keep our air pure and oxygenated – life itself – and each year we lose more and more to their fires. Praying for poor Mother Earth, who has just about had it with this year.
Heading over to Chaz’s blog now. Enjoyed this adventure of our pretty teacup. ♥
Hi Michele! I know – the fires are awful. I’m so glad there are amazing fire fighters and first responders out there! It WAS fun to meet Chas’ family. This is such a wonderful adventure thanks to all you teacup hosts! 🙂 Happy Thursday my friend!
Wow what beautiful views and I’m impressed Tessa has remained in tact!! great job ladies
Isn’t that a gorgeous spot? Thanks so much for stopping by – hope you’re enjoying your lovely Holiday decorating over there! 🙂
Awesome story and thank you to my sister, Chas, for allowing me to be a part of the adventure!
Hi Shelly – how nice to meet you! I’m so glad you got to be part of the Traveling Teacup too! 🙂 It’s been so great getting to know Chas. One of the best things about blogging is all the wonderful people I meet! Thanks so much for stopping by – you have a lovely family!
You are just so sweet Barbara! We enjoyed having her and it was hard to decide what to do with her… so many ideas, and so little time. I can’t wait to share this with my readers in my newsletter this Saturday! Thank you so much friend! Sending big hugs to you!!!
And big hugs back my friend! You’re a wonderful host and I love all the ideas you chose! 🙂 Take care and talk soon!