Decorating 101 - free decor

I have been trying to decorate my apartment for fall, but as I said before, many of pieces are Halloween-related and cannot come out for a while. My mom had this cute square basket that's covered with a fall fabric which she gave me last week. I decided to fill it with pine cones that I collected from her front yard. It looked cute, but was lacking something. On one of my morning walks with Saff, I scooped up a bunch of acorns and placed them among the pine cones. But it was still lacking something. Then I asked my neighbor, Julie (who feeds nuts to the local squirrels) for a handful of shelled nuts. Better, but it's still lacking something. I think it needs a bit a color. Perhaps some dried cranberries.

Not bad though for a decoration that cost me absolutely nothing.