Plot Builds Character

Friday, March 18, 2016

Before and After: What Weeding Will Do

Making your garden look great, doesn't take a whole lot of work. All you need is a little weeding and mulch!! Look at the difference!

Before

After

Reduce Reuse Recycle

Look at all these low cost projects!! DIY should not mean expensive. It should mean cost-effective and using what you have / can find cheaply.

Random part of a 2' x 4' piece of lumber left in my garage when we moved in. I cut it up, painted it, and added a little string bow for Thanksgiving. They advertise these on Pinterest, but again, buying the wood or purchasing pre-cut wood costs more than I would like to pay. (Cost: $0)

Before

After

Before picture of our ceiling fan that came with our house. It was cramping my style. Thanks to Pinterest and the materials I already possessed, I ended up with the following. (Cost: $1 can of black spray paint for the top metal part of the fan [previously gold]).

Normally, people spend a lot of money buying burlap to make a wreath. This burlap came from my dad's shed. After ten years of sitting in a bag, it was a bit yellow. Luckily, red spray paint fixed all that! Total cost: ($3 metal frame, $1 spray paint can [cheap brand], and $3 Hobby Lobby 'S' sign).

The broken panels from my fence were re-purposed for a little walkway. We did choose to stain the wood, so final cost: $6 small can of wood deck stain.

More to Come!!!

Sunday, February 28, 2016

"The Pit and the Pendulum" Fun!

The Pit and the Pendulum

By Edgar Allan Poe

Here is a fantastically dark and engaging story to keep 11th graders reading! Pair it up with "The Raven" and "The Fall of the House of Usher" and you have a winning combo to study with your class!

Spanish Inquisition Power Point