buttonhole: verb

to detain in conversation by or as if by holding on to the outer garments of

"Buttonhole" is easy to pin down as a noun referring to the slit or loop through which a button is passed to fasten something, but its shift to a verb meaning "to detain in conversation" requires some explanation. "Buttonhole" is an alteration of another verb now long out of use: "buttonhold," which literally meant to hold on to the buttons or lapels of someone's coat when speaking to him or her. In the mid-19th century, English speakers altered the verb to "buttonhole," perhaps as a result of hearing "buttonhold" as "buttonholed." The overlap is apparent in an early instance of this spelling, an 1862 London publication called All Year Round: "The man who is button~holed, or held … and must listen to half an hour's harangue about nothing interesting."

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Today was a day of playing, with nothing intended but a lot accomplished through the act of "messing around". It began the other day when I was making some boxes for the Art Mob. They weren't suppose to be "tie dye" looking but accidents happily happen sometimes. I laid the white tissue papers in the bottom of my spray box and misted one with Rangers Dylusions Fresh lime and the other one with Bubblegum Pink....what I didn't realize is that they were soaking up previous colors that had been sprayed in the box, so I got this result:

pretty cool, huh?

So that spawned an idea on this overcast rainy day...I needed to add some bright fun into the forecast. I also needed a background for a wall hanging that I am currently working on, so I went to my spray box, removed the bottom wax paper from the top box and laid it into the bottom box

then I spritzed heavily with water

 

and I laid my white gessoed board into it and pressed down...I got this!

which then prompted me to add the coaster swap pieces that I am working on for my Mixed Media group

It may have been dark and gloomy outside but it was bright and cheerful inside!

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This is the post when I made my spray box . It doesn' show you step by step instructions on how to make one but you can pretty much see how I did it; if you want to make one of your own :)