Starting off the year with a fun party over at Embracing Cottage Style blog

 I am going to share some of my favorite graphics that fit the theme for this months party. These are all vintage copyright free, so you are welcome to save for your art projects.

"A" for Apple blossom

 "B" for Birthday 

 "C" for chair

Join us over at Embracing Cottage Style blog to share your vintage or art creations with one, two or all three of this months alphabet letters--it's a great challenge and soooo much fun!

Another summer project revealed

Remember this chair??

Here she is re-purposed into a pot chair
for my front porch!

She greets you as you step on the front porch

Welcome to Arbor Oak Cottage

est. 2005

Sanded primed and painted banana cream color, Then a white milk wash to age it a bit.  I actually have a pot that fits into the cut out, but I have not planted it yet. So for photo's sake, I sat one on top.

For the lettering I used a technique from Carol of the Polka Dot Closet blog. I measured the space and then went to my graphic program and created the stencil. Here is the link to Carol's tutorial Transferring Graphics on Furniture