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    'It's sentimental': Maud Lewis-inspired crochet sweater by N.S. woman goes viral

    "To put it on a sweater was kind of like taking a piece of home around with me."

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    Who needs a desk job when you can be a balloon artist?

    Glen LaValley, 54, decided to walk away from the corporate life and enter the creative world by becoming a balloon artist. “I started doing the balloons for entertainment, just for my own enjoyment and fun, then I had people interested in booking me out,” LaValley tells BuzzFeed. By being his own boss, he claims he is a lot happier and his life stresses are a lot more manageable. “Now I make my own destiny and I can choose what i want to do and when I want to do it.” Not only is LaValley finding

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    This artist creates incredible work out of makeup containers

    All images via Instagram/agneart Take a peek in your makeup drawer and you’ll likely spot a whole lot of waste.  ALSO SEE: 17-year-old transforms brace into steampunk-style armour Between used tubes of lipstick, dried out nail polish bottles and empty compacts, the cosmetics industry is one of the worst perpetrators of waste. Wanting to draw attention to this, Lithuanian artist Agne Kisonaite began transforming waste into art.  “While painting my nails, I’d always look at these bottles of nail p

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    17-year-old transforms brace into steampunk-style armour

    All images via Linda Cable Madelaine Cable is like a lot of other 17-year-olds. She’s into fashion, likes hanging out with her friends, and back in November, she had the misfortune of being in a car accident. Her spine was fractured.  As part of her recovery, Cable was required to wear a body brace, as well as use a walker for a number of weeks.

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    This artist just took Halloween home decor up a notch

    Just when you thought your skeletons hiding in the garden and Dollar Store cobwebs were winning you creepiest house on the block, artist and photographer Christine McConnell posts this.  Lovingly referred to as the “Monster Home,” McConnell’s latest project had her transforming the front facade of her parents’ modest house into a teeth-baring, multi-eyed green monster using painted foam-core insulation.  “I decorated my parents’ house for Halloween,” she said. “Now it’s a Monster House.”