Assembly

A decorative system comprising:

• a housing including a bottom surrounded by at least one side all and having a bottom inner surface area defined by the intersection of the at least one side all with the bottom;
• a plurality of preconfigured decorative ornament assemblies for placement in and selective removal from the housing, each preconfigured decorative ornament assembly including a solid base having a bottom, a top, and first and second outer periphery portions and one or more decorative elements fixed to and extending upward frons the top of the solid base;
• the decorative elements and solid bases of the preconfigured decorative ornament assemblies arranged adjacent to each other at respective first outer periphery portions forming a visually decorative unit having a continuous environmental theme;
• the solid bases in combination are substantially the same size and shape as that of the bottom wall inner surface area of the housing;
• one or more of said decorative elements on each of the plurality of the preconfigured decorative ornament assemblies being a decorative lifting element, each decorative lifting element being permanently and directly affixed to the base at a location away from the outer periphery of the solid base towards a center region of the solid base, and extending upwards from the solid base a distance greater than a thickness of the solid base;
• the one or more decorative lifting elements configured to be securely grasped by a user h a single hand, wherein the plurality of assemblies are easily lifted and removed from the housing by means of the single hand grasping the decorative lifting element of said one or more decorative elements of each of the preconfigured decorative ornament assemblies;
• wherein the plurality of preconfigured decorative ornament assemblies are within the housing;
• means which obscure a scam or seams between adjacent preconfigured decorative ornament assemblies;
• a second decorative element on a second preconfigured decorative ornament assembly, the second decorative element positioned and configured to mate with the first decorative element upon joining of the first and second decorative elements, and the mated first and second decorative elements forming a combined decorative element;
• the one or more decorative lifting elements include decorative subject matter that is configured for placement in and, selective removal from the housing, along with the solid base or solid bases;
• and
• the solid base has no holes passing therethrough.