Beefing up the Save-the-Date cards

Our save the date cards went out a couple months ago and I thought it would be interesting to describe the process a little. We looked for art deco artists and immediately were attracted to Georges Barbier, and settled on the "The Fire."

There was one small problem. I soon noticed that all people in all of Barbier's paintings were very feminine. Sometimes over the top: high heels, make-up and possibly breasts! Determined to make it work, I made a few adjustments to "The Fire."

• Extended the knees to eliminate a small frame
• Trimmed the eyebrows
• Darkened the hair & leveled it (no styles)
• Changed the seemingly high heels into regular shoes
• Eliminated the blush
• Lessened the cheek bone shadow
• Straightened the cuffs on the pants

And that was it! (As you can see below from the before and after picture)

Cheers!
The Fiance