My Stars and Garters!

Another non-quilting post...

One of our summer projects was to update our backyard.  Some of the work we hired out - building a new retaining wall, bringing in truckloads of dirt, laying new sod.  Some we did ourselves - putting in some iron fencing, moving plants around, etc.  My husband pressure washed and stained the deck and we got rid of our 40 year old hand-me-down deck furniture.  As I usually do in decorating and furnishing, I bought a few nice pieces for the deck (a love seat and two chairs) and filled in with thrift store items and things from around the house- a thrift store side table, a lamp from the attic, an old wicker trunk for a coffee table.  But I wanted some art!  What kind of art could I hang in an outside room?  There is a roof over the deck, so it would be somewhat protected from the weather, but it would still be exposed to the elements.

I found these metal stars at the garden center of a home improvement store for only $4 each.  Over the last few weeks, I've been having fun painting them.  And here they are.  As you can see, they aren't hung yet, but we'll get to that soon.