Everything old is New again

Well, once again my messiness has caused me time. I sold a small painting this week. I printed off the invoices and the certificate of authentication and put them all together ready for my shipping day which is today. Last night I pulled them out to pack and I couldn't find the piece. Grrrrrrr. I went through everyone with help from my husband. Looked under my printer, behind my file drawer. I went through the boxes of tiny paintings to see if I had somehow refiled it there. Nothing. Of course, I lay awake for hours, well I lie awake for hours every night but this time I had a specific theme going through my head. Where is it, where is it, where is it. By morning I realized that I must have missed it while going through the others, it couldn't just vanish into thin air. I sorted all the paintings into style and type and there it was! The good thing to come of all this was that I now have a whole pile of them to list on ebay and etsy. I watched a segment of CBS Sunday Morning a couple of weeks ago about messiness and the creative person. They said it can actually be an advantage to be messy, that an empty work area does not inspire, that we need to have everything out and in the open where we can see it. Maybe, but this is ridiculous. I have had the absolute perfect item for something I am working on fall onto my foot, but that doesn't happen every day.

I did a couple of series of ATC's two years ago featuring a sock monkey in different occupations and activities and also one of Eric the Tabby as a world traveller. They sold like hotcakes. I still have a few left so I think maybe a new audience will appreciate them.