Couple dress as Shrek and Princess Fiona for wedding

Keith Green and Christine England spent three hours in make-up to walk down the aisle looking like the cartoon characters from the hit animated films.

Mr Green, 44, and his 40-year-old bride were covered in green paint and full costume and wigs and married in front of 100 guests also dressed as characters from the film, including the Donkey and the Gingerbread Man.

The new Mrs Green, a hospice nurse, of Barnstaple, Devon, said: “Every girl wants a fairytale wedding and I got one – with a bit of a twist. It was a real laugh.

“The idea just came to me. I knew what we would go as them because Keith looks just like Shrek. It was funny because when we said our vows Keith had these green ears sprouting from the top of his head.

“I tried to convince my teenage son to dress up as the Donkey but he wasn’t having any of it.”

Mr Green, a builder, said: “It was a very strange experience to say the least, but a thoroughly enjoyable one. We love the films and my wife tells me I have resemblance to Shrek.”

The couple hired a make-up artist to make them look like the characters – voiced by Mike Myers and Cameron Diaz – in the hit films.

The bride’s mother Annette England, 66, said: “It’s not necessarily how you imagine seeing your daughter get married but it was great fun.”

Read more: Couple dress as Shrek and Princess Fiona for wedding

Disabled teen to become runway model

A teenager who was born with one hand, four kidneys and a debilitating stomach condition is fulfilling her childhood dream of becoming a catwalk model.

Maryelen Loughran, 15, eats through a tube and has crippling arthritis but beat thousands of other girls to win a place in the final of a national modelling contest.

Maryelen – who weighed under 2lbs at birth – suffers from Motility Syndrome, a rare condition that prevents her stomach digesting food correctly.

She must drag the specialist feeding equipment everywhere she goes.

But despite her physical disabilities, Maryelen is now in the final heat of Teen Princess UK after being spotted by a fashion scout at the Clothes Show.

Maryelen, who lives in Birmingham, said: ‘I’m a real girly girl and I love my clothes so I decided to go to the Clothes Show and have a look around when I was approached by a photographer from Teen Princess.

‘He took some photos and then he posted them to us and I though why not give it a go – you have to have a positive outlook on life and can’t be scared to try new things.’

The teen, who will undergo major surgery in May to repair her gastric tubes, added: ‘To be honest the idea of becoming a model had never crossed my mind but now I took the plunge and went for it – I reckon it it would be great to win.

Read more and see more pictures: Teenager born with one hand and four kidneys set to become catwalk model 

The first steps of polar bear cubs [Positively Adorable]

It’s a sight to warm even the coldest of hearts.

On wobbly young legs, they emerge blinking into the early spring sunlight, amazed at a world where everything is a new adventure.

These polar bear cubs, just eight weeks old, are taking their very first steps outside their birth den under the watchful eye of their protective mother, braving the chill Arctic wind and facing the threat of predators for the first time.

After emerging, this young family were on the move very rapidly.

Read more and see more pictures: Look Mum, it’s been snowing… The first steps of the polar cubs

Amazing 3D sidewalk art [Video]

They are giant optical illusions conceived by German artist Edgar Mueller.

He spent five days, working 12 hours a day, to create the 250 square metre image of the crevasse, which, viewed from the correct angle, appears to be 3D. He then persuaded passers-by to complete the illusion by pretending the gaping hole was real.

‘I wanted to play with positives and negatives to encourage people to think twice about everything they see,’ he said.

‘It was a very scary scene, but when people saw it they had great fun playing on it and pretending to fall into the earth.

Mueller, 40, used acrylic wall paint to create the scene. He trained a camera lens on his work surface to help him fully visualise the idea before painting in the incredible detail to give an impression of depth on the flat surface.

Read more and see more pictures: Mind the crevasse: The amazing 3D pavement art that has pedestrians on edge [Daily Mail]

Watch video of the artist working

Light Graffiti [Positively Amazing]

An artist has swapped paintbrushes for torches to create a range of stunning works which are created entirely with the use of light.

Welsh artist Michael Bosanko creates the amazing light graffiti effect using only five coloured torches and by leaving his digital Canon camera on a long exposure.

There are a lot more pictures of this light graffiti at Daily Mail.

See the rest: The stunning light graffiti which is created with nothing but torches and a camera.

You can also see more of Michael Bosanko’s amazing work on his website.