Why do you suppose people are so wild about collecting minature things? Is it just the teeny scale of ordinary things? A throw back to our childhoods when setting up house was just pretend and didn’t come with all the grownup baggage like taxes, leaky plumbing or replacing a roof?
I actually don’t collect miniatures. The little tea set is the only thing – I bought it about 20 years ago at a flea market because I thought it was sweet. Maybe that’s just it. People like miniatures because they are sweet.
I’ve never had the desire to set up an entire minature home or anything like that although I do find them fascinating and appreciate the efforts of those that do take the time to do so. What I would like to do, though, is create a miniature garden. I saw some incredible examples at Aptos Gardens a few years back. They were so incredibly detailed. Kathleen from Liquidskyarts has a link to Wee Gardens in her latest post and that is what got me started in thinking about actually doing one.
I’m not having much success finding books on the subject. I did find one on Amazon that has good reviews. I’m wondering how hard it is to keep them alive once you have set them up. It would be kind of disappointing to go to all that effort and have it all dry up.
I can have the garden of my dreams in 1:64 scale. At least mowing would be a snap.