I Know The Plans I Have For You: Winter Blues- Making a Slip Cover for a Storage Bin and a No-Sew Ruffled Tree Skirt

I don't know about you all, but I am having a hard time finding the motivation to get all of the projects done that I would like at this time of year! I can't say it's the weather so much, because here in Missouri, we haven't even had snow. It's definitely the time that the sun goes down.

As a stay at home mom, I am used to doing a lot of the work on furniture at night. When I put the baby down for bed I'm used to still having sunlight for a couple of hours to go out and work! Although I hate working out in the cold, and the dark.....it has to be done!

I've been lazy about blogging my projects, but not lazy about reading everyone else's and I must say....I am inspired and loving everything going on in blog land!!

Here's a couple of things I've been working on...

Storage bin slip cover:

I've had this storage bin for years and although it serves a great purpose, it neither goes with the decor or is in great condition.

can you tell the kids like to get in here and "un-organize" this ~~great~~
method of organization!

The twine has been unraveling for a year or two now

So I decided to make a slip cover.

I used painters drop cloth that I got from Walmart for about $10, the piping is made with rope I had in the garage and the sleeves of a sweater that didn't fit my husband anymore (I made a pillow with the front and back of the sweater) Good thing I shrink all the laundry, he doesn't think so :-)

and the flower is a crocheted flower I made over the summer for a hair clip for my daughter and just added an old pin I had laying around.

I painted on the "W" with a paint pen, and now we have a personalized foot rest, table, and still (hidden) storage!

And of course with Christmas right around the corner....I have 4 trees put up (but only pics of 1 for now)

I decided with a 1 year old that I would just put a small tree in the living room that she can't reach so well and the others on the lower level.

I just love the glitz and glam of all the glittered ornaments!

I also made this wonderful no sew ruffled tree skirt with Miss Mustard Seeds tutorial (that you can find here)

I was sort of glad that I was making it for a small tree as it was pretty time consuming....but worth all the time! Definitely something everyone can do though! Thanks MMS for the awesome tutorial!