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At a Scale of 1 to 12

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The Mini Time Machine Museum of Minatures  is a folly.... like the Taj Mahal, or the gazebo out in the back corner of Auntie's yard.   It's a place that makes perfect sense to its creators, and leaves the rest of us to come to terms with it in our own way..... or not.  It was created from the imagination and dedication of Founders, Patricia and Walter Arnell. Pat’s fondness for miniatures began in the 1930’s, when as a young girl she received her first miniatures- a set of Strombecker wooden dollhouse furniture. Right away, I stopped to think.  A young girl with designer dollhouse furniture?  Daddooooo made Little Cuter a dollhouse and, like all of his projects, there was more love than craftsmanship in the end result.  G'ma decorated it with scraps of wallpaper and rug remnants from her house.  Nothing inside or outside this structure was a set of anything, let alone designer furniture.  As I was quickly reminded by my frien...