Adorable little Maverick turned 1 last year and his family wanted to throw him an awesome party to celebrate!

His mother contacted me and told me about her idea for his party invitation. She had a family heirloom of an old highchair from her grandfather. Although it doesn’t quite meet todays safety standards for children, she loved it as a symbol of her family and wanted to use it on the invitation.

Working only from the one image (with the cat siting in it!) I was able to quickly show her a way to give it an oil painting/cartoonish kind of look. It was exactly what she had in mind!

On the back were 12 images of the child, one for every month.