Spring/Easter/Summer Mantel

I redecorated our mantel at the beginning of March for Easter/Spring and never shared it with you all. Now that summer is nearly here (at least in Alabama), I'm finally getting around to uploading the pictures. It's probably my favorite yet.  Some things I gathered from around the house and some I picked up at Hobby Lobby.
(Do excuse the blurriness of the images. I was relying on window lighting to reduce the glare from the overhead light, and I was probably rushing.)

A few little eggs (and an improvised "nest"):

A couple of white porcelain birds:

A watering can (from my IKEA trip) filled with a few ranunculus (plural: ranunculi? probably not):

A beautiful cross for Easter:

As well as a verse (the design I copied from a finding on Pinterest) to be a constant reminder of why we celebrate Easter, in case we got wrapped up in things - in this year's case studying instead of egg hunts:

And a picture of from our wedding day, as I anticipated this decor being up for a while = through our wedding anniversary (proved myself right):

All together now:

I included our travels map because I don't have a better place for it, and the colors seemed to blend well.  Also present are cards from Easter and my birthday from our wonderful parents and an uncle & aunt.

I love my mantel, and my sweet husband for making it for us! It is fun to decorate for each season - finding things I already own that fit the "theme" and picking up new pieces to go with it. For instance, in what you see above, the map and jar full of pins is from a prior project; the book underneath our wedding photo was just the right size so I recovered it with some matching scrapbook paper; the tea cup that holds the eggs was from the thrift store long ago (something my mom eventually talked me into getting out of her house); the milk bottle hidden behind the card on the left was also thrifted; and the "B" was from our wedding! Everything else was pretty much found at Hobby Lobby, so of course it was at least 40% off.