But the ornaments don't match the theme!

Have you ever wanted to put the "special" ornaments on the tree, but they don't quite go with the color scheme you are trying to achieve?  My sister, Jane, has a white and gold tree every year; she also had some ornaments that were very dear to her but didn't go with the tree.  So she did this instead:

Old window with precious ornaments

She already had the frame.  Jane is an avid quilter and at one time was going to put quilt squares in the panes to achieve a stained glass effect.  But the squares never got made, and here she was with a dilemma.  One of the ornaments is from her daughter who had been in boot camp at the time.  This space is at a turn in her staircase, and usually has her birdhouse collection.  But she covered the birdhouses with a piece of white felt (making it look like snow to me!) and voila! A perfect vignette.