Artist Izumi Akinobu Captures Miniature Worlds in Tiny Glass Bottles

Tokyo-based artist Izumi Akinobu creates amazing miniature worlds encased in cute glass bottles. Izumi is an architectural model designer by day and a craft artist in her spare time, and she sells her delicate <a title="Izumi Akinobu Makes Miniature Art Environments Inside Bottles" href="http://www.etsy.com/shop/tinyworldinabottle?page=1" target="_blank">Tiny Worlds in Bottles</a> through <a title="Izumi Akinobu Makes Miniature Art Environments Inside Bottles" href="http://www.etsy.com/" target="_blank">Etsy</a>. Hit the jump to&nbsp;check out some of her most amazing works - like this cute paper bike under a tree - and remember that smaller and greener is always better!

A super tiny turtle measuring only 0.1 inches swims near an uninhabited island with a palm tree.

Instead of taking your loved one to Paris, why don't you make it less obvious and propose with this bottle?

A manta ray and a diver swim together in a blue tiny ocean.

A gorgeous 0.5 inch jellyfish gently floats in bubbled water.

Museums are not the only places where we can find a Tyrannosaurus Rex skeleton - focus your eyes and take a look inside this bottle.

This piece of Africa in a bottle features a giraffe, an elephant, a horse, rhinoceros, an ostrich and a deer surrounding by plants and drinking water.