A Teacup Adventure in Beautiful Colorado

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

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Have a Lovely Teacup Tuesday – I mean Thursday!

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