Nature Sculptures from Art Enrichment today!!! Didn’t they come out beautiful!
Materials: bark, sticks, pinecones, shells, glue, paint, wire, flowers, rocks and much much more!!!
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Flower Fairies, Cows and More
The Golden Button is on Vacation till May 8th!!!
Here are some new classes and workshops for adults in May!!!
Pysanky Egg Decorating Class
with Marcus Klimm
Thursday, May 23rd from 6:30 to about 9 or 9:30PM
Cost is $30 (which includes all supplies) We know its a little late for Easter but Pysanky is so much fun and once you learn it you can create beautiful eggs for ever!!! This class is for Teens and Adults. Please email, message or call to save a space!!!
Adult Painting Classes
Stop by The Golden Button on Friday nights for some Adult Painting Classes with Miss Kate. You do not need to know how to paint. Come, relax and have fun and Kate Gorham, owner of The Golden Button, will guide you though your painting. Bring a friend and have a nice adult night out! Classes cost $25 per night and run from 7-9 PM (Sign up for one or sign up for all 4 for $75!!!!)
Friday, May 10th: Learn how to paint a beautiful landscape,
Friday May 17th: Learn how to paint a bird or owl,
Friday, May 24th: Learn how to paint your favorite flower
Friday May 31st: Learn how to paint an animal.
Space is limited! Cost covers all supplies! You will bring home a finished piece and have a lot of fun!
Needle Felting Classes
Rachel Gerowe, of Red Barn Originals. Learn how to create a beautiful sculpture out of wool!
Frogs: Thursday, May 16th from 6:30- 9:00 PM Cost is $35. (Save $5 if you bring your own barbed needles and foam.)
Flower Fairies: Sunday, May, 19th , from 2-4 PM. Cost is $35. (Save $5 if you bring your own barbed needles and foam.)
Cows or Horses: Sunday, June 9th from 2-4 PM. Cost is $35. (Save $5 if you bring your own barbed needles and foam.)
Space is limited call (203) 910-9948, email goldenbuttonshop@yahoo.com or visit us on Facebook athttp://www.facebook.com/thegoldenbutton to leave a message and hold a space! Find more information at http://www.goldenbuttonshop.com. The Golden Button is located at 600 South Britain Rd. Southbury, CT
Don’t Forget we will back open on Wednesday, May 8th at 11:00 AM! Stop by for some special Mother’s Day gifts handmade by local artists!!!
The Golden Button will also be offering….
- Mother’s Day Gift Making (DROP IN)
Bring your children to create beautiful one of a kind gifts for Mother’s Day! Cost is $12 per gift. Stop in between 12 and 5 PM on the following days to create garden stones, tea cups or mugs for your aunts, mothers, grandmas, nanas and other loves ones. Mugs have to be left overnight!
Wednesday, May 8
Thursday, May 9
Friday, May 10
Saturday, May 11
Little Kids Art
The Golden Button is on vacation from April 28th to May 8th!
Make sure to visit our Class/ workshop page to see what we have available in May!
(If you would like to sign up for a class during this time…. feel free to call and leave a message or email us at goldenbuttonshop@yahoo.com We will have very limited phone and email access…but we will be sure to respond in a timely manner!)
Here are some photos from our Little Kids Art Class the other day!
If you would like to participate in our next class session you can email us to hold a space. (You will be notified by email on Monday, May 6th to confirm!)
- Little Kids Art
Thursdays from 1-1:45
May 9, 16, 23 and 30th
Ages 3-5
Children art classes…
Projects include nature art, toad houses, and designing, planting and decorating mini gardens.
Cost is $55 plus $15 supply fee
OR…..
- Mommy and Mini Class
Fridays are Mommy and Mini class 11:30 to12:15 Everyone is welcome… All Activities are appropriate for baby, todders, and little ones. (All materials are non toxic and safe for love bugs) You are welcome to bring a booster seat or just sit with your little one. We will explore lots of colors and textures with fun and safe materials! A little messy but a lot of fun!
Cost is $50 for 4 weeks
May 10, 17, 24 and 31th
We made sidewalk paint!!! So much fun.
The children also painted rocks!
A butterfly!
A Turtle!
Earth Day!
The shop is closed.. We are on Vacation till May 8th! We will reopen next Wednesday at 11:00 AM! (send email if you need to get a hold of me.. I will be checking periodically! goldenbuttonshop@yahoo.com)
Earth Day Celebration at Hollow Park!
Thanks to everyone who came to see us at Earth Day! Its always sooooo much fun! Second year in a row with beautiful weather and a ton of great people! We met some new artists and I got some beautiful cutting boards!!! Saw a bunch of old friends… drank LOTS of coffee and got a little too much sun! And I now know… I need a hula hoop. Its official. (No pictures of me hula hooping… sorry)
Kate Stephen Jewelry was a few tents down from me!!! When I got away to take pictures she had also gotten away… So there is a photo of us together.. but I don’t have it yet…
Then a few more tents down was Laura!!! From Olive My Skin! I got some awesome Organic Dog Shampoo from her!!!!!!! Hopefully Laura wants to sell it at The Golden Button when I return from vacation!!!
And then there was the ridiculous nonsense with my coffee addiction…. My straight up black no sugar in mason jars… coffee addiction! hahhaa. Have a great week everyone see you on May 8th!
Its sad I know.
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New Classes! Flowers and Knitting!!!
We are officially on Vacation till May 8th!!!! The shop is closed for this week. If you need to get a hold of us please send email to goldenbuttonshop@yahoo.com (I will have limited access to email but I will be sure to get back to you) If you would like to save a space any upcoming class you can also send an email to hold your spot!
Confirmations for classes will be send out by Tuesday May 7th! Thanks!
Here are two new classes in May….
Felt and Fabric Flower Pin Making (Adult and teen)
Thursday, May 30th at 7:00 PM
Create felt and fabric flower pins with Rebecca Taylor. (You do need to use a hot glue gun.. You may bring your own or we have some!) They are soooo cute! Rebecca makes those beautiful Felt flower pins that we sell at The Golden Button!
Cost is $25 plus $5 supply fee.
Knitting Class
Patti Clark of Maple View Farm teaches beginner and advanced beginner Knitting… Tuesday evenings in May from 6:30- 8:00 PM!!! Cost is $75 for 3 weeks! May 7th, 14th and 21st! Email goldenbuttonshop@yahoo.com or message us on Facebook to hold a space!!!
Classes and Workshops
The Golden Button will be closed on April 27th… We will be at The Earth Day Celebration at Hollow Park in Woodbury and then we will be closed April 28th till we reopen on May 8th! So stop in tomorrow for last minute items!
(If you would like to sign up for a class during this time…. feel free to call and leave a message or email us at goldenbuttonshop@yahoo.com We will have very limited phone and email access…but we will be sure to respond in a timely manner!)
Art Enrichment
I am currently teaching art enrichment at a local school! Here are some photos of the artwork the children are creating! The trees and branches were drawn with sticks and paint!
Girl Scouts: One Point Perspective
Girl scouts had a special drawing class this week at The Golden Button. The focus was on perspective and shading. These drawings were created using a vanishing point on the horizon line. The girls used pencils, charcoal, pastels, colored pencils, watercolors and focused on shadows and blending.
Pysanky, Needle Felting, Adult Painting and Earth Day!
Okay, Lets try this again….
Pysanky Egg Decorating Class
At The Golden Button with Marcus Klimm has been rescheduled to
Thursday, May 23rd from 6:30 to about 9 or 9:30PM
Cost is $30 (which includes all supplies) We know its a little late for Easter but Pysanky is so much fun and once you learn it you can create beautiful eggs for ever!!! This class is for Teens and Adults. Please email, message or call to save a space!!!
The Golden Button offers Adult Painting Classes and Needle Felting.
Stop by The Golden Button on Friday nights for some Adult Painting Classes with Miss Kate. You do not need to know how to paint. Come, relax and have fun and Kate Gorham, owner of The Golden Button, will guide you though your painting. Bring a friend and have a nice adult night out! Classes cost $25 per night and run from 7-9 PM (Sign up for one or sign up for all 4 for $75!!!!)
On Friday, May 10th: Learn how to paint a beautiful landscape, Friday May 17th: Learn how to paint a bird or owl, Friday, May 24th: Learn how to paint your favorite flower and Friday May 31st: Learn how to paint an animal.
Space is limited! Cost covers all supplies! You will bring home a finished piece and have a lot of fun!
The Golden Button also offers Needle Felting Classes with Rachel Gerowe, of Red Barn Originals. Learn how to create a beautiful sculpture out of wool! Thursday, May 16th from 6:30- 9:00 PM, Rachel will teach you how to create a Frog with special barbed needles. And Sunday May, 19th , from 2-4 PM Learn how to make a Flower Fairy. Cost for either class is $35. (Save $5 if you bring your own barbed needles and foam.)
Space is limited call (203) 910-9948, email goldenbuttonshop@yahoo.com or visit us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/thegoldenbutton to leave a message and hold a space! Find more information at http://www.goldenbuttonshop.com. The Golden Button is located at 600 South Britain Rd. Southbury, CT
The Golden Button will be at Earth Day this Saturday!!! So swing by the Hollow Park in Woodbury! Our Shop will be closed for the day! We will also be on vacation till May 8th! Sorry for any inconvenience.
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Next you should know that the Golden Button will be closed on April 27th… We will be at The Earth Day Celebration at Hollow Park in Woodbury and then we will be closed April 28th till we reopen on May 8th! So stop in this week to pick up any gifts or other items! Thanks!!!
(If you would like to sign up for a class during this time…. feel free to call and leave a message or email us at goldenbuttonshop@yahoo.com We will have very limited phone and email access…but we will be sure to respond in a timely manner!)
Here are some photos from this past week…
You can now buy these new Wine Charms At The Golden Button!
Drop in Art!
Hey there!
Today and tomorrow and Sunday we have drop in art! You can come over anytime between noon and 5 PM to create a beautiful masterpiece. 3 Projects to pick from!!! Cost is $12 per project. All ages are welcome. Wear old clothes!
Thursday, April 18th
Friday, April 19th
Sunday, April 21
(and Next Thursday and Friday too!)
Paint a Masterpiece on a canvas
Build a 3-d Sculpture
Make a Mixed Medium Masterpiece!
(We also have a few little houses left over from another project to decorate)
We have been pretty busy with lots of classes and workshops.. Be sure to visit us to see what we have going on and check out our Facebook page for updates! The Golden Button will be at the Earth Day Celebration in Woodbury on April 27th at Earth Day.
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