Happy New Year!

<center><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-Wkr8nq6/0/O/i-Wkr8nq6.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-CtPp4gb/0/O/i-CtPp4gb.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-5xZX8FF/0/O/i-5xZX8FF.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-h7NckN2/0/O/i-h7NckN2.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-jMmMc4m/0/O/i-jMmMc4m.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-XC4W2Br/0/O/i-XC4W2Br.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-GzqCf4L/0/O/i-GzqCf4L.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-rp3SC7H/0/O/i-rp3SC7H.jpg" /></center><br />Since our household is still fighting the flu, we are not going to be ringing in the new year in style tonight...so I'm vicariously celebrating through these photos by <a href="http://erichmcvey.com/" target="_blank">Erich McVey</a>! The happy shoot was styled by <a href="http://aandbstyle.com/" target="_blank">A & B Creative</a> and you know I'm all about the turquoise and pink...and peonies! You can read all the details and see tons more photos over at <a href="http://www.stylemepretty.com/living/2011/12/31/new-years-eve-inspiration-by-erich-mcvey-photography-a-b-creative/" target="_blank">Style Me Pretty</a>! Happy New Year everyone!!!<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Love turquoise? Visit my shopping blog </span><a href="http://www.everythingturquoise.com/" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Everything Turquoise</a><span style="font-style: italic;">...updated several times throughout the day! Check out </span><a href="http://www.decorbycolor.com/" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Decor by Color</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> for even more color-themed shopping! </span></span>

Happy New Year!

Since our household is still fighting the flu, we are not going to be ringing in the new year in style tonight...so I'm vicariously cele...

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Birthday Bliss!

<center><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-2bLdncz/0/O/i-2bLdncz.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-dVMgHnx/0/O/i-dVMgHnx.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-wkTjbDN/0/O/i-wkTjbDN.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-zWwmtp4/0/O/i-zWwmtp4.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-467Z28p/0/O/i-467Z28p.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-6ZgJ8Tx/0/O/i-6ZgJ8Tx.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-2DTXnNm/0/O/i-2DTXnNm.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-hWsjwrg/0/O/i-hWsjwrg.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-JcNFgZD/0/O/i-JcNFgZD.jpg" /></center><br />Excuse the lack of "house" in this post, but I've had these beautiful photos saved for so long and felt there was no better day to share them than today: my birthday! It's really everything I love here... turquoise + pink, peonies, ranunculus and roses, in a whole lot of pretty captured by London photographer <a href="http://www.mariannetaylorphotography.co.uk/blog/pretty-in-pink-turquoise/" target="_blank">Marianne Taylor</a>. I'm imagining us all sitting down for a giant tea party! Read all about this lovely tablescape and see more photos <a href="http://www.mariannetaylorphotography.co.uk/blog/pretty-in-pink-turquoise/" target="_blank">here</a>!<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Love turquoise? Visit my shopping blog </span><a href="http://www.everythingturquoise.com/" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Everything Turquoise</a><span style="font-style: italic;">...updated several times throughout the day! Check out </span><a href="http://www.decorbycolor.com/" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Decor by Color</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> for even more color-themed shopping! </span></span>

Birthday Bliss!

Excuse the lack of "house" in this post, but I've had these beautiful photos saved for so long and felt there was no better da...

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Emily Weis Photography

<center><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-kCS9wqB/0/O/i-kCS9wqB.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-Mvnbbwk/0/O/i-Mvnbbwk.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-6jHS9gL/0/O/i-6jHS9gL.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-Z2TPhRg/0/O/i-Z2TPhRg.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-sq862Tr/0/O/i-sq862Tr.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-VKgVPcX/0/O/i-VKgVPcX.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-kS8VLnh/0/O/i-kS8VLnh.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-gvsvcTh/0/O/i-gvsvcTh.jpg" /></center><br />The sentiment behind this pretty little soiree captured beautifully by Indiana photographer <a href="http://www.emilyweisphotography.com/" target="_blank">Emily Weis</a> is what touched me most! Vanessa Grider threw her friends a surprise thank-you luncheon to show her gratitude after going through a particularly rough year. I am in love with every single detail! Turquoise and pink were our wedding colors–and pink peonies our flower of choice, so of course I am particularity partial! The painted chairs are lovely, what great way to revamp mismatched chairs! And I know it's not home decor, but that turquoise cake?? Gorgeous! For all the details and more photos, visit <a href="http://www.stylemepretty.com/living/2013/07/26/a-surprise-luncheon-from-emily-weis/" target="_blank">Style Me Pretty</a>! <br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Love turquoise? Visit my shopping blog </span><a href="http://www.everythingturquoise.com/" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Everything Turquoise</a><span style="font-style: italic;">...updated several times throughout the day! Check out </span><a href="http://www.decorbycolor.com/" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Decor by Color</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> for even more color-themed shopping! </span></span>

Emily Weis Photography

The sentiment behind this pretty little soiree captured beautifully by Indiana photographer Emily Weis is what touched me most! Vanessa Gri...

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New Years Eve with Eddie Ross + Jaithan Kochar

<center><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-FPtTpFz/0/O/i-FPtTpFz.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-Sb7RQ6B/0/O/i-Sb7RQ6B.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-VRp7R4P/0/O/i-VRp7R4P.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-rfbZ3X3/0/O/i-rfbZ3X3.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-RwP3pR6/0/O/i-RwP3pR6.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-x7qbrT6/0/O/i-x7qbrT6.jpg" /></center><br />If your party hosts are <a href="http://www.eddieross.com/" target="_blank">Eddie Ross and Jaithan Kochar</a>, you know you're in for a fabulous evening!! Can you imagine the two celebrating New Year's Eve?! Well now you don't have to! The December issue of <a href="http://www.lonny.com/magazine/December+2012/lKVdxMSe5hM/1#33" target="_blank">Lonny</a> features this Manhattan apartment designed by the talented duo, all set for a New Year's soiree! I love all of the orchids and the peacock theme (perfect with the walls!), especially the use of <a href="http://www.fschumacher.com/search/ProductDetail.aspx?sku=175132" target="_blank">Schumacher's Shanghai Peacock</a> fabric! Read all their party tips and see more photos by Patrick Cline right <a href="http://www.lonny.com/magazine/December+2012/lKVdxMSe5hM/1#33" target="_blank">here</a>!<br /><br />Have a FUN and SAFE New Year's Eve!!!! <br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Love turquoise? Visit my shopping blog </span><a href="http://www.everythingturquoise.com/" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Everything Turquoise</a><span style="font-style: italic;">...updated several times throughout the day! Check out </span><a href="http://www.decorbycolor.com/" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Decor by Color</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> for even more color-themed shopping! </span></span>

New Years Eve with Eddie Ross + Jaithan Kochar

If your party hosts are Eddie Ross and Jaithan Kochar , you know you're in for a fabulous evening!! Can you imagine the two celebrating ...

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Christmas Eve with The Visual Vamp

<center><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-gMXsWv7/0/O/i-gMXsWv7.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-4nkfXW5/0/O/i-4nkfXW5.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-cDJjzzf/0/O/i-cDJjzzf.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-gPxxVJG/0/O/i-gPxxVJG.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-3Q6GKcg/0/O/i-3Q6GKcg.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-bhjZhS9/0/O/i-bhjZhS9.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-CKfCZ5h/0/O/i-CKfCZ5h.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-mjDFht9/0/O/i-mjDFht9.jpg" /></center><br />Without fail, Valorie Hart of <a href="http://thevisualvamp.blogspot.com/2012/12/its-that-time.html" target="_blank">The Visual Vamp</a> wowed me with her Christmas decorations again this year! I wondered if she was going to pull out her oh-so-fabulous collection of Tiffany boxes to put under her tree again, but alas, it turns out they are <a href="http://thevisualvamp.blogspot.com/2012/12/reward.html" target="_blank">missing</a>! (SO sad!!) As much as I miss the old boxes, I'm absolutely loving what she did this year, photographed here by <a href="http://saraessexbradley.com/" target="_blank">Sara Essex Bradley</a>. So shimmery and festive! Definitely go and check out even more of her pics right <a href="http://thevisualvamp.blogspot.com/2012/12/its-that-time.html" target="_blank">here</a>! I don't know about you, but I am so READY for Christmas!!! <br /><br />I wish you all a joy-filled Christmas Eve, safe travels and merriment all around!! <br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Love turquoise? Visit my shopping blog </span><a href="http://www.everythingturquoise.com/" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Everything Turquoise</a><span style="font-style: italic;">...updated several times throughout the day! Check out </span><a href="http://www.decorbycolor.com/" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Decor by Color</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> for even more color-themed shopping! </span></span>

Christmas Eve with The Visual Vamp

Without fail, Valorie Hart of The Visual Vamp wowed me with her Christmas decorations again this year! I wondered if she was going to pull ...

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Happy Thanksgiving!

<center><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-tkfDqSK/0/O/i-tkfDqSK.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-HX5tqCR/0/O/i-HX5tqCR.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-QGRF2Wf/0/O/i-QGRF2Wf.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-kbWHmhM/0/O/i-kbWHmhM.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-7RtGMxm/0/O/i-7RtGMxm.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-xg5XXSQ/0/O/i-xg5XXSQ.jpg" /><br /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-m9skPbR/0/O/i-m9skPbR.jpg" /></center><br />Just stopping in to wish all of my American readers a Happy Thanksgiving! Isn't this tablescape designed by Chris Nease of <a href="http://celebrationsathomeblog.com/2011/11/eclectic-table-setting-ideas.html">Celebrations at Home</a> perfect for today (and this blog)?! I love the brown and turquoise color scheme with the pop of orange and yellow from the flowers. So many great ideas here, my favorite being the cute wishbones! I love that everyone gets to make a wish! See more pics and learn all about this festive table right <a href="http://celebrationsathomeblog.com/2011/11/eclectic-table-setting-ideas.html">here</a>!<br /><br />I can hardly believe it but this November marks my 5th year writing this blog. I'd never have made it this long without all of your support and encouragement, not to mention shared love of turquoise! So on this thankfullest day of the year, thank YOU from the bottom of my heart for reading House of Turquoise!<br /><br />Signing off from our cute little cabin in Montana! <br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Love turquoise? Visit my shopping blog </span><a href="http://www.everythingturquoise.com/" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Everything Turquoise</a><span style="font-style: italic;">...updated several times throughout the day! Check out </span><a href="http://www.decorbycolor.com/" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Decor by Color</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> for even more color-themed shopping! </span></span>

Happy Thanksgiving!

Just stopping in to wish all of my American readers a Happy Thanksgiving! Isn't this tablescape designed by Chris Nease of Celebrations ...

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GIVEAWAY: The Collected Tabletop by Kathryn Greeley

<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-zSdBQ2D/0/O/i-zSdBQ2D.jpg" /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-H8rjMHX/0/O/i-H8rjMHX.jpg" /></div><br />You guys know how much I adore turquoise and pink together, so it was pure bliss when I saw this lovely tablescape designed by <a href="http://www.kathryngreeleydesigns.com/" target="_blank">Kathryn Greeley</a>! The renowned interior designer out of Waynesville, North Carolina has been creating timeless and classic interiors for more than 30 years. She is also known for her gracious entertaining and expert knowledge of tabletop collections...which brings me to today's giveaway!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://thecollectedtabletop.com/"><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-dZH8Fvw/0/O/i-dZH8Fvw.jpg" /></a></div><br />Kathryn is generously giving 2 of my readers a copy of her first book! Stemming from her design philosophy of “collected, not decorated”, <a href="http://thecollectedtabletop.com/" target="_blank">The Collected Tabletop</a> shows how to create beautiful tabletop designs using your existing collections. Love that! What's cool too is that Kathryn has a brand new line of <a href="http://www.thecollectedtabletop.com/shop/category/chestnut-cottage-collection/" target="_blank">watercolor invitations</a> that correspond with all the events in the book. Makes it really easy to throw a great party!<br /><br /><blockquote style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Giveaway Rules</blockquote><ul style="font-style: italic;"><li>To enter, take a look at <a href="http://www.thecollectedtabletop.com/shop/category/chestnut-cottage-collection/" target="_blank">Kathryn's invitations</a>, then come back here and leave a comment telling us which design is your favorite!</li><li>For a 2nd entry, "Like" <a href="http://www.facebook.com/kathryngreeleydesigns" target="_blank">Kathryn Greeley Designs on Facebook</a>, then leave a separate comment saying you did just that!</li><li>Two winners will be randomly selected and announced this Friday, April 6th.</li></ul>Good luck!!

GIVEAWAY: The Collected Tabletop by Kathryn Greeley

You guys know how much I adore turquoise and pink together, so it was pure bliss when I saw this lovely tablescape designed by Kathryn Greel...

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Ana Antunes' Tiffany Table

<div style="text-align: center;"><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-j5RkLkq/0/O/i-j5RkLkq.jpg" /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-w8ssXW2/0/O/i-w8ssXW2.jpg" /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-snpR6Ps/0/O/i-snpR6Ps.jpg" /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-L2nwFbw/0/O/i-L2nwFbw.jpg" /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-h6mT6Fj/0/O/i-h6mT6Fj.jpg" /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-Fkg3nQg/0/O/i-Fkg3nQg.jpg" /><br /><img src="http://cptnrin.smugmug.com/photos/i-TBvJbFB/0/O/i-TBvJbFB.jpg" /></div><br />I hope you all had a fantastic holiday weekend! Now it's time to start wrapping our heads around the idea of 2012 and ringing in the new year! Let's all imagine for a moment we're in Portugal for New Year's Eve, at the breathtaking home of designer (and fellow turquoise lover) <a href="http://home-styling.blogspot.com/2011/11/christmas-production.html" target="_blank">Ana Antunes</a>. The dining room alone is enough to make your heart melt, but what girl wouldn't love the Tiffany theme? The cupcakes and little blue boxes are perfection! Oh the fun we would have! You can see lots more photos over at Ana's blog <a href="http://home-styling.blogspot.com/2011/11/christmas-production.html" target="_blank">Home-Styling</a>!<br /><br /><br /><span style="font-size: 85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Love turquoise? Visit my shopping blog </span><a href="http://www.everythingturquoise.com/" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Everything Turquoise</a><span style="font-style: italic;">...updated several times throughout the day! Check out </span><a href="http://www.decorbycolor.com/" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank">Decor by Color</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> for even more color-themed shopping! </span></span>

Ana Antunes' Tiffany Table

I hope you all had a fantastic holiday weekend! Now it's time to start wrapping our heads around the idea of 2012 and ringing in the new...

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