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.

New Monthly Card Making!!! This Friday Night

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Monthly Card Making with Bradleigh Huzinga has been rescheduled for this Friday Night (March 16th)

Swing by anytime from 4:30 to 6:30pm 

to make these….

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A candy pack and a very cute card! cost is $10 per person!

Bradleigh will be Showing us how to make a different card every month at The Golden Button!!!!!!!

Its going to be fun!! 

 

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We had a awesome weekend at The Golden Button!!! Today was our Needle Felting Bunny Workshop….

I also wanted to remind you about this….

We are having a Free Workshop this Friday night at 6pm at The Golden Button….. Learn to make a Potato Chip Scarf with EIleen Warner from Alpaca Hill Farm! Workshop is free with the purchase of 2 skeins of Alpaca Yarn.

and this….

There are still spaces in the Drop Spindle Class. Learn how to make your own yarn!!!! Its a two part class with Rose Garbien from Bittersweet Ridge in Roxbury! The cost is $60 for the two part class…. Plus $10 for a kit which includes your own Drop Spindle and roving. Class is March 11th and March 18th

Let me know if you would like me to hold your space!

Here are some pictures from today!!!

Bunnies

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The workshop space is nearly finished!

Bunnies!!!!

Keep an eye out for more workshops and classes…

We Love Painting!!!

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Look at this little cutie!!!!

We love Painting at The Golden Button!!!

Open Painting Workshop tomorrow 12-3PM

$10 for one canvas and lots of paint choices.

Everyone is welcome! All Ages.

Next week we will be announcing a whole bunch of different classes and workshops for kids and adults including weekly Open Painting Days!!!

The March Hare Donation

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I was asked to donate something from The Golden Button to Fraser Woods School in Newtown, Ct

for Their Gala…. An Evening  in Wonderland . I couldn’t have been more excited.

 I did this portrait of the March Hare. 

I just love Alice in Wonderland.

I want to thank everyone who braved the snow to come paint at The Golden Button! I had fun!

  • Open Painting Workshop ($10.00)
To celebrate Leap Year The Golden Button will be having
Open Painting Workshops!!!
Wednesday, February 29th,
Thursday, March 1st and
Friday, March 2nd
Time: 2:00- 5:00pm

Just added… Saturday March 3rd from 12-3 PM

Everyone is invited to visit The Golden Button to do some painting…. for $10 you will receive a small canvas and a lovely selection of acrylic paint. This is open to all ages from little littles to adults! Everyone is welcome. You may come in and create a masterpiece to take home. Wear a old t-shirt or smock and have some fun. Meet your friends or spend the afternoon with your children. Adults are welcome too!!!
(This is a self instructed workshop. Not a class.)