A story in pins: “Snowglobe Jailbreak.”

“Snowglobe - Budapest.” ©2010 Jacques van Niekerk. License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
“…make miniature / Valhalla of my heart.” —Gwendolyn Brooks.
Once upon a time, snowglobe figurines shouted: “Freedom!”
Following the @VancouverSun on Pinterest and their Home & Garden board pins are kind synching up with mine right now \(:])/
— Desk of L. Riding (@leanneriding) May 16, 2014
Pins! In which tiny people bust out of their snow globes, explore the world and build gardens and eventually suburbs http://t.co/ugtdFzLSgw
— Desk of L. Riding (@leanneriding) May 16, 2014
Beatleguise terrarium. Awesome! pic.twitter.com/di033GDzNw
— Geek Funnies (@Geekfunnies) May 15, 2014
One frigid winter’s day, the figurines rose up, broke the glass and then…

“Diorama of European castle, Victoria BC.” ©2007 Tjflex2. License: CC BY-NC-SA 2.0.
…and they lived happily ever after.
“Little Laos,” a film by Joerg Daiber, 2012. Featured in the tilt-shift video series “Little Big World.”

“Diorama of a battle at the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum, Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea.” ©2010 David Stanley. License: CC BY 2.0.
Nir Hod's monumental snow globe sculpture melds beauty and machinery: http://t.co/0kExGqwxI9 pic.twitter.com/y14bTi8YNw
— The Creators Project (@CreatorsProject) September 11, 2014