Garden Art
During Garden Art we made garden sculptures with wire and beads and glass… then they started to make jewelry!
Happy Mother’s Day!!!
The Golden Button is closed today for Mother’s Day! Here are some pictures from last weeks Mother’s Day Tea Cup Painting.
We have a lot of classes and workshops coming up this week…
- Animal Painting with Kate from The Golden Button
Friday, May 18th from 2-5 P.M
(Cost is $25.00 includes supplies) Create a beautiful painting of an animal you love. Bring a photograph or two for reference. Wear an old t-shirt or smock. Open to all ages. Come with a friend!
- Make your Own Watercolors- Learn how to make your own watercolors with non-toxic, fun ingredients. Make them… then take them home with you to keep and get the recipe so you can make them again and again! All ages are welcome!
Saturday, May 19th. Call ahead to save a spot… then come anytime between 1 and 5 P.M.
(Cost is $15 per person)
- Kool-Aid Dying Workshop- Learn how to dye wool fibers with fun colored drink mix!!! This is permanent and non-toxic and FUN!!! We will be doing this outside. All ages are welcome. Come in old clothes and learn how to dye your own roving and yarn. 15% Discounts off our yarn during this workshop!!!!! Watch a demonstration then try it yourself. We will also be doing some hand painting!
Saturday, May 20th from 2-4
(Rain date is May 27th) Cost is 15.00 plus $10.00 supply fee.
call, email, or stop by to hold your space…
- Needle Felting-Pigs with Rachel Gerowe (Ages: teenager to adults)
On Tuesday, May 22th we will be making Pigs
6:30 – 8:30 pm
Cost: $35 includes materials to make a pig in class and another at home
(Bring your own needles and foam and save $5)
PLease let us know if you would like us to hold a spot in upcoming classes.
(203) 910-9948
goldenbuttonshop@yahoo.com
Tiny Houses
Fairy houses, bird houses, dollhouses, mini houses.
Paint, feathers, buttons, wire, glitter, sequins, pinecones, and much much more.
Getting Ready for our Tiny Art Show.
We began our Tiny Art Class today!
Swing by The Golden Button for lots of fun things that will be going on.
We have beautiful new items and quite a few sales on some wonderful Mother’s Day Gifts. We will be hosting a Mother’s Day Event on Friday from 4-6pm. Come pick out some gifts, get a cookie and some lemonade and put your name in the drawing to win some beautiful local items. We will also be wrapping so you don’t have to.
You can also come by on Saturday!
The Golden Button will be closed on Sunday for Mother’s Day!
Tiny Art and Toad Houses
It is your last chance to sign your child up for our “Tiny Art” class series… Beginning tomorrow at 5:00 pm (Wednesdays in May)
Your child will create beautiful miniature artworks
and
On June 1st the class will have a Tiny Art Show at The Golden Button!
Cost is $50 (for 4 classes) Plus a $12 supply fee.
email at goldenbuttonshop@yahoo.com
or call (203) 910-9948
Here are some photo’s from today’s Garden Art Class…
Making houses for toads and frogs!!
Make a Glass Bead with Lavender Dawn on June 3rd
I have a very important announcement to make….. The Golden Button is very lucky to have one of our wonderful jewelry making- glass artists coming to do a demonstration…..
Dawn Lombard is a glass artist who is fascinated by the combination of creativity and scientific complexity of working with glass. She strives to differentiate herself by creating earthy and organic style lampwork glass beads in her studios in Monroe and Watertown, Connecticut. She has written multiple tutorials for the UK magazine ‘Making Jewellery’, was featured in the books ‘1000 Jewelry Creations’, ‘Creative Lampwork’ and ‘Creative Glass Beads’, was a featured glass artist in ‘The Beading Times,’ and won first place in Delphi’s ‘Art Glass Festival’ in 2011. She sells her jewelry online (www.LavenderDawn.Etsy.com), at The Golden Button in Southbury, Voila Gallery in Wickford Village, RI, and participates in many art shows throughout New England.
Join Dawn Lombard at The Golden Button on June 3rd from 1-2pm for a live demonstration of glass bead making and get the opportunity to make your very own glass bead.
For just $30 Dawn will guide you through the process of creating your own beautiful glass bead! This is a very special event. Please call or email me to hold you a spot. Space is limited.
(203) 910-9948
goldenbuttonshop@yahoo.com
Mother’s Day Shopping and Tiny Art
This week stop by at The Golden Button to find beautiful, unique, handmade items for Mothers and Grandmothers and all the special women in your life!
We have beautiful garden decorations, soaps, yarn, fibers, bags, clutches, jewelry, gourds, bird feeders and much much more!
On Friday Night from 4-6 Pm we will be having a Mother’s Day Shopping Event with treats, giveaways and gift wrapping! (Ladies send your men)
There are still a few spots left in our Tiny Art Class…..
Tiny Art- 5:00- 5:45 pm
On Wednesdays in May … Children will explore a tiny world of art. In this class we will focus on miniatures. While taking our time and planning, we will create some amazing little projects. Children will have a mini art show at The Golden Button to finish up their class. This class is open to children age 6 and up. Instructor is K. Gorham
Wednesday, May 9, 16, 23, and 30th
Mini Art Show will be Friday June 1st at 5:00 P.M!!!
Cost is $50 plus a $12 supply fee.
Let me know if you would like me to save your child a spot!
Needle Felting Chickens
We rescheduled our Needle Felting Pig workshop….
It will now be on Tuesday, May 22nd at 6:30 pm till 8:30 pm. Let me know if you would like me to save you a spot.
Connecticut Sheep and Wool Festival
I went to the CT Sheep and Wool Festival in Tolland, Connecticut today.
I found a lot of new fibers for the store and myself today. I also saw some cute little animals.
I almost took this rabbit home.
Here is a naked sheep next to wooly ones.
Alpacas (love)
Baby Sheep in a cage so I couldn’t steal them.
a Sheep.
The largest spinning wheel I ever saw.
I met some great people and bought some new roving for the shop and for our Koolaid Dying Workshop in May. I also saw Eileen from Alpaca Hill, Patti from Maple View Farm, and Rose from Bittersweet Ridge!!!!
T-shirt Design and Other Workshops
Here are some photos of our Drawing and Design class this week….
We had fun!!!
Don’t forget to save a space in an upcoming workshop!!!
Animal Painting with Kate from The Golden Button
Friday, May 18th from 2-5 P.M
(Cost is $25.00) Create a beautiful painting of an animal you love. Bring a photograph or two for reference. Wear an old t-shirt or smock.
Make your Own Watercolors- Learn how to make your own watercolors with non-toxic, fun ingredients. Make them… then take them home with you to keep and get the recipe so you can make them again and again!
Saturday, May 19th. Call ahead to save a spot… then come anytime between 1 and 5 P.M. (Cost is $15 per person)
Bakery Painting – Come decorate a gluten free cupcake and then paint a picture of it with acrylic paints. (Wear an old t-shirt or a smock)
Friday, May 25th and Saturday, May 26th from 3-5 P.M (Cost is $30.00 includes everything)
All ages are welcome for these workshops.
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