Your Name Here --for Lois

Thank you, Lois, for your comment on my blog! Here is your name in Sign....

The L is from the MO Botanical Gardens... O is a sculpture in Washington DC...I is one of the benches at the St. Louis Art Museum...S if from a cello (?) in Branson, MO.

If you want your name posted, just leave me a comment. And if you are looking for merchandise using these letters, visit my shop at www.kathyorf.etsy.com or my website at www.kathyorf.com Thanks for looking!

Visit my new ETSY shop!

Just set up shop on ETSY--the place for handmades. If you haven't been there yet, you really need to go to www.etsy.com The work there is unbelievable! It's kind of fun, but seems it may be a lot of work to get people to see your shop since there is so much to see! I've been told that it is all about making connections in forums and chats and many other ways on ETSY. So I may be tied to my computer even more than I have been! I've been browsing on ETSY for an hour already and really need to get to work! But I'd love it if you would visit my ETSY shop at www.kathyorf.etsy.com I have a few things on right now and am adding more items every day or so. Something else to keep me here...at least I have a nice backyard view from my window!

Your Name Here-For Mary

Mary left a comment on my blog, so here is her name in Signs... Thanks, Mary!

M is from a mosaic wall at Country Club Plaza in KC...A is also from KC...R is from a giant sculpture at Laumeier Sculpture Park in St. Louis...Y is part of a chair on display at the St. Louis Art Museum.

If you want to see your name in Sign Language Letters, just leave me a comment!

Your Name Here-for Phil

Phil left a comment on my blog, so here is his name! The P is from a forest in British Columbia...H is from Ripley's Believe it or Not in Branson, MO...I is from a railing at the St. Louis Zoo...L is also from the zoo. Thanks, Phil!

Your Name Here

If you comment on my blog, I will post your name in these "Sign Language Letters". And if you like that, you can visit my website at www.kathyorf.com to find tons of personalized gifts to order for weddings, and babies and special occasions... But for now, I will tell you where these letters all came from! Y is from a Kansas City lantern...O is the Chinese Symbol for Heaven and Earth at SLAM (St. Louis Art Museum)...U is, of course, the Arch upside down...R is from a City Museum mosaic(also in St. Louis)...N is a Tiffany railing at SLAM...A is from a Pablo Picasso painting at SLAM...M is from a Vlastislav Hofman vase at SLAM...E is from a Monet painting at SLAM...H is a railing in Webster Groves, MO...E is from a City Museum railing...R is a letter laying on the floor of a closed shop in Maplewood, MO...E is from a parking garage in Country Club Plaza, Kansas City. I hope you enjoy hearing where these letters are from. I would love to hear from you!

Do you see what I see?

Do you see what I see? When you look at the top photo of a Picasso painting, would you have seen the K that I made into a Sign Language letter? Do you also see the A? Both are 2 of my favorites.... In the second image, of my backyard gate, I think the S is rather obvious, but only if you are looking for it! And the with bottom image, of a trellis at MOBOT, I turned it sideways for the E, with a touch of whimsy (the flowers growing left to right). I also used it for an F and an H and an L..... Some pictures are gold mines of letters! I hope that you will look at things a little differently now. I'm looking out my window right now, and the shadow of the corner of the lacrosse net on our brick garage looks like an A. And the end of a branch on my big oak tree is an easy Y. It can be a bit of a game as well--especially with the kids! So the next time you are walking your neighborhood, look at the world (and the architecture especially) with new eyes! Or you can have me post your name in Sign Language letters...just leave me a request in the comments....

Say Goodnight, Gracie

Gracie turned two! I went to my niece's birthday party yesterday. She is mesmerizing. She seems to have some sort of power over us all. We just sit and watch everything she does and says. And she talks all the time! She's so polite, she cracks us up--always saying "excuse me", "thank you" and "you're welcome".... And talk about cute! The letters for GRACIE have been altered in their colors from the original photographs, but this is where they are from: G is from the plaque in the walkway at MOBOT R is from a Marc Chagall painting at SLAM A is from a Pablo Picasso painting at SLAM (not altered) C is from architecture in Sedona Arizona (orig. orange ) I is from architecture in KC and E is from the trellis at MOBOT And Gracie is from my brother-in-law and sister-in-law----their third child....
If you tell her to "Say Goodnight, Gracie", just like Gracie Allen, she will automatically repeat "Goodnight, Gracie". If you want to see your name in letters from the Sign Language Collection, you can comment in my blog and I will post it for you right here....