Egg Painting

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One week till Easter! I love Easter… (Mostly for the jelly beans. The old fashioned ones you can’t find anywhere on Earth anymore. )

The Golden Button was very lucky to get  some beautiful wooden eggs to share with you. Yesterday we had some lovely little egg painters come to visit. These eggs are great because you can save them forever!!! We have two more egg painting days.

This Friday from 2-5 P.M. and

Saturday from 12-5 P.M.

So come for a visit on Friday and Saturday to paint a wooden egg for $6.00. You can leave it and come back and I will be more than happy to varnish it for you!

We have a limited amount of wooden eggs!!!!

  We also had a Curly Sheep Needle Felting class!

There are still a couple of spots in the Make My Own Art Supplies class beginning tomorrow at 4:00 P.M. and running all the Mondays in April. For ages 3 and 4- cost is $55 for 5 classes!

This Week at The Golden Button

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After a short not-so-terrible Winter I finally got the front of The Golden Button shop on its way to looking cuter….

(I took this photo right when I was finished painting so the sign isn’t up. Now I am working on getting some benches and a few pots to plant stuff in.)

 

 

Here is the before photo…

I will be so happy when I have some plants growing in front of the shop.

This week…..

We have Open Painting  this Thursday and Friday ($10 a canvas)

from 2-5 pm

and this Saturday from 12-5 you can come a paint a beautiful wooden egg  ($6 each egg)

There are also some spaces still available for the 5 part classes on Mondays in April.

Look at our Calendar of Events for more info!

 

Open Painting Workshops for March

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Just a little reminder we still have four Open Painting Workshop days in March!

Come to The Golden Button and do a little painting. Our workshop will be set up with canvases and all different colors of acrylic paint. This is not a class but a open workshop time for you to meet with friends or make a gift for someone. All ages are welcome. Bring a smock or wear a old tshirt. You do not need to call ahead for this workshop… its open to everyone. 

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Thursday, March 22 and Friday, March 23

and

Thursday, March 29 and Friday, March 30

 

2-5 pm!

 

Hope to see you there. 

Drop Spinning Workshop: Part 2

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Today we had the second part of our Spinning Workshop with Rose Garbien of Bittersweet Ridge.

Rose taught us how to hand-spin with a drop spindle. We learned how to ply our yarn and how to set it. We learned about all the different supplies and different materials we could use. We even learned how to use a spinning wheel! It was interesting and fun and we had a great time and learned a lot.

                    

We were so lucky today because Rose brought in her spinning wheels and we were able to spend a few hours learning how to use them!!!!!

 After we all got a few turns we finished off our yarn by plying on our drop spindles.

Now I can set the twist and then I can dye (it if I like) With 1 oz of Shetland Wool I made about 20 yards of two ply beautiful hand spun yarn!!!!  Tomorrow I am going to wash this and hang it out to dry! I can’t wait.

I have to say I really loved learning how to make yarn. I want to thank Rose for teaching us! It was Awesome!

Birthday Parties

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Today The Golden Button hosted a Birthday Party for Hannah!!!

Happy 6th Birthday Hannah!!!!

We love You!

The girls each painted a canvas their favorite colors.

We learned how to paint cupcakes!! Then decorated them with sequins and glitter.

There was pizza and cupcakes and gifts!

Then they opened their party favors…

Handmade felt birthday cakes!!

 Here are the finished pieces all ready to go home!

Private Event

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day!!!!!!

I would just like to let you know that today we are closing The Golden Button a little early (at 4pm)

for a private event.

Just thought I’d let you know.

Sorry for any inconvenience.

Tomorrow we are having out second Drop Spindle Workshop!!! Very exciting!!

Easter Basket Treats

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We have a bunch of wonderful treats to put in your basket.

(We even have some Easter baskets!)

Lots of great handmade gifts for your little bunnies including yo-yo’s earrings, magnet letters, felt foods, hair clips, crayon rolls and notebooks, wooden toys and other great non- food treats. Lots of ideas for kids with food allergies or intolerances. Plus we have gift certificates for workshops.

New Class Series

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New Art Class Series for April in our new workshop….
In the month of April The Golden Button will be opening on Mondays to offer workshops. Please email, call or drop in to hold a place or make a deposit…. Space is limited.
  • Make My Own Art Supplies                                                                                                                              At 4 pm there will be a 5 week workshop for children ages 3 and 4. Each week Kate from The Golden Button will teach your child how to make a special kid friendly recipe. We will make the recipe together. Then your children will create sculptures and paintings with their new art supplies. Each child will the get to take home their creations and copies of the recipes so they can make them at home. Workshops run from 4pm to 4:40pm
 Cost is $55 per child.
(SUPPLIES INCLUDES)


  • Drawing and Design                                                                                                                                            At 5pm there will be a 5 week workshop for children ages 5 to 9. This workshop focuses on drawing and design. Each child will receive a notebook to collect their drawings. The children will use different drawing materials and we will work from life and photographs.                                   Class runs from 5pm- 5:45pm
Cost is $55 per child plus $10 for supplies
  • Creating Art                                                                                                                                                        From 6:15 pm to 7:15pm there will be a 5 week workshop for children ages 10-13. Each child will explore drawing and painting and will be able to create several finished pieces to bring home. We will focus on the process of creating art. Beginning from the idea to the sketch to the finished product.
Cost is $55 per child plus $10 for supplies
  • Adults Painting on Wednesday Night  
Adults need to be creative too! On Wednesday evenings beginning at 5 pm till 7ish… Come meet up with some friends and take a non competitive- relaxing painting class. Take some time for yourself and enjoy Art Class again.
For the first class we will begin a still life painting. Then we will pick subject to paint… whether its from a picture or a mirror or you setting up your own still life. We will be using acrylic paints for this workshop. This is a four week course. (teenagers welcome)
Cost is $68 includes supplies
Don’t forget to like us on Facebook and share The Golden Button with friends!!!
  • This Friday, March 16th- Open Card Making Workshop (from 4:30- 6:30 pm drop in to make some cards $10 per person.)
  • We will also be having Wooden Egg Painting for Easter!!!
Come paint a beautiful large wooden egg $6.00 each
Saturday, March 31st- 12-5pm
Friday, April 6th- 2-5pm
and Saturday, April 7th- 12-5pm
(Till we run out of eggs)

Learning to Make Yarn!

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When I was getting ready to open The Golden Button I met Rose Garbien from Bittersweet Ridge Farm. Rose has a bunch of Shetland Sheep and Angora Rabbits. Rose makes her own yarn and her own soap and she knits and felts!!!  I wanted to learn how to make my own yarn for quite a while now…. So Rose agreed to do a Drop Spindle Workshop. Its a two part class where we learn all about different fibers and tools and how to make our own yarn. It was wonderful!


Here is my yarn before I took it off the Drop Spindle… We had soooooo much fun!!!!!

Next week Rose is going to show us her Spinning Wheel!!!!!!!! Can’t wait. Thanks Rose!

Don’t forget we have a Acrylic Painting Workshop… cost is $30 at 4:30 on Wednesday….

Learn to paint still life flowers. Focus on color texture and form.

This Friday afternoon Bradleigh H. is coming to do Open Card Making. She will be offering a different card every Month!

Cost is $10. You may show up anytime between 4:30 and 6:30 pm.