Decorative Pine Cones

It's been a while since I have been able to post so I thought I would do a quick one.
I hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving.  I know not everyone is from the U.S.A. but I hope it was still a wonderful day for you. I know I have so much to be thankful for and Thanksgiving is a good time to put it all up front for the world to know...

Today I am sharing a simple project that didn't cost me hardly anything and looks like I bought them.

Snow/ice covered pine cones...

These are simply pine cones that I found under a tree in my front yard.  I picked them up off the ground last year and put them in a bowl for decoration.  The longer they are let to dry out the more they spread open.  When I picked them up they were all closed.

I painted the pine cones with Modge Podge and sprinkled Epsom Salt on them.  I let them dry on a few paper plates and then gently shook off the excess salt.  That's it...

To add a little extra decor you can snip a few pine boughs and mingle them amongst the pine cones.  I did this and put them in a wire basket (Sorry I don't have a picture of that to share with you.). This makes a great fall and winter decoration.