Egg Candles and Brass Candlesticks Became My Spring Mantel

I rearranged the spring mantel about four times before settling on this version. Pastels did not feel right in our family room, so I worked with egg candles, brass candlesticks, flowers, and twine instead.

Faux flowers and a little bird

Some flowers came from Dollar Tree. A multicolored flower and the small bird came from a local shop.

Egg candles I had kept for years

My mother-in-law in Florida had given me the egg candles. They looked like porcelain eggs, and I had never lit them.

Brass, twine, and an egg banner

I set the egg candles on brass candlesticks and added twine, an egg banner, and small hanging eggs. It was not the look I had first pictured, but it was the arrangement I settled on.