Happy Thanksgiving!!!

Happy Thanksgiving to all our friends and family!!! We hope you have a beautiful day and eat lots of snacks!!!

We will be open tomorrow from 11-6 and Saturday from 11-6 for Black Friday and Small Business Saturday!

I am so very excited to announce that this Friday and Saturday we will have beautiful terrariums from Kim Charles of Cider Mill Design for sale here at The Golden Button!!!! and Hot Chocolate!!!

We will also have our Stocking Stuffing Station with lots of great local items! If you spend $30 in the stocking stuffing station you get a free stocking!!!!
Stop by and see us!!!
We will also begin our sewing Holiday gifts on Monday. We still have spaces available!!!
We will also be opening a second…….

  • Kids Holiday Gift Making (same as the Friday class just condensed into three sessions!)

Thursdays from 5:30-6:50

A three-session gift making class where each week children will learn how to create different gifts for everyone! Week one: we will focus on mothers, Aunts, Grandmas and teachers, Week two: we focus on Dads, Uncles, Grandpas, and other men, Week three: we will make gifts for friends, or siblings and we will also make pet gifts!

December 6, 13, and 20th

(Cost is $ 56 plus $15 supply fee)

 

We also have a few more spaces in Needle Felting Santas on Sunday, December 9th from 2-4

 

  • Three Part Holiday Card Making

Bradleigh Huzinga of Stationarium will be having a wonderful  Holiday card and tag making workshop.

Wednesday, November 28th, December 5th and December 12th

Two classes:

Children: Wednesdays from 6:00-6:45 PM (5 and up)

Adults: Wednesdays from  7:00 – 8:00 PM (adults)(you are welcome to BYOB!)

For November 28: 3 Christmas/holiday cards
For December 5:   6 gift tags
For December 12: 3 mini milk carton treat boxes
Forget buying cards for the holiday that people don’t save… Make your own beautiful paper cards, Bradleigh will walk you through the process and you will have a whole selection of holiday cards and tags just in time for the holiday season! Participants will be able to purchase supplies to make multiples of everything made during the workshops, and may also purchase the stamps used.
Cost $50 plus a $12 supply fee covers all 3 classes!!!

Open Halloween Art!!!!

Since so many schools in the area are cancelled tomorrow….

Stop by The GoldenButton to make Halloween Art!

From 12:00 Noon to 6:00 PM cost is $15 per child. We have power so spend some time here. Charge your phone have some tea.

We will also be offering Trick or Treating! Stop by before 6 PM in your costume for a treat!

 

  

Beginners Machine Sewing

Here are some photos from last nights Beginners Machine Sewing Class!

 

There is still time to sign up for knitting Fingerless gloves this Saturday and Needle Felting Witches on Sunday

Don’t forget to stop in between now and the end of October and guess how many buttons are in the jar to win great prizes from the shop!

We are having our One Year Anniversary Celebration from October 23rd to October 27th!!! Check here and follow us on Facebook for more information!!

Spooky Drawing Class Changed to Mondays!!!!

We had to do a little re-arranging of our October Class Schedule…
  • How to Draw Spooky Things…(ages 5 and up) (Day and Time Changed!!!!)

Mondays at 4:00- 5:00 PM

Since Halloween is coming up sign up for a Halloween drawing class!  Learn to draw haunted houses, scary monsters, ghosts, jack-o lanters, witches moons, spooky cats and much more! Then on the last day of class make a super scary painting out of Halloween things!!!

October 15, 22, and 29th!

Cost is $45 plus $10 supply fee!

 
We also changed some of our website pages so take a second to look at upcoming
and
We also created a page for Events
also…

October is a very important month for The Golden Button…..

We are celebrating our One Year Anniversary!!!!

We have some very wonderful events, workshops and classes planned!!! Stop by anytime in October and guess how many buttons are in our button Jar. At the end of October we will award the correct guesser with a very special gift from The Golden Button!!!

Join us everyday from

October 23rd to October 27th 

for 5 days of shopping discounts, treats, and giveaways for customer appreciation and a very fun Anniversary!!!!

We Grew Some Crystals on Rocks

Today was our last day of Kid’s Art Adventure Class!

The children made fossils, crystals, and scientific drawings!

This slideshow requires JavaScript.

At the end of class there was a large selection of materials, yarn. glue, sequins. markers and some other items that were available for mixed medium pieces of art!

You can sign up now for October Classes!

Needle Felting, spooky drawing, monster making, sewing, Halloween art, and bookmaking!

email us at goldenbuttonshop@yahoo.com

to hold spaces!

Vote for The Golden Button

Hey there! Don’t forget to support your favorite Local Handmade Shop!!!!

The Golden Button

Click Here to Vote!!!

Come to The Golden Button to pick up some gifts for all your gifting needs! We get new items in all the time!!!

Last week was Art Camp

This slideshow requires JavaScript.

This week on Wednesday and Thursday we have Open Painting Hours between 1:00- 3:30 PM

Cost is $10. All ages welcome!!! (Wear a smock)

Bakery Painting, New Items and a Tiny Art Show

Guess what I am doing?

Making cupcakes for Bakery Painting this Friday and Saturday!

Here are some new items at The Golden Button

This slideshow requires JavaScript.

We are also getting ready for the “Tiny Art Show” On Friday, June 1st at 5:00 PM

Please come by and see some beautiful art that local tiny artists have made!

Getting Ready for Summer!

I know thats rushing it a bit but I just wanted to announce a few new workshops and remind you about the awesome things that are happening in June at The Golden Button!

Okay first off… these new class series for kids….

Exploring Art– From  4:15- 5:00 P.M

On Tuesdays in June…. Exploring Art is open to children ages 3 and 4. We encourage art exploration with clay, paint, markers, and other fun things. Each workshop will focus on a different medium. This class runs for 4 weeks.                                                                                                    Instructor is K. Gorham.

Tuesday June 5, 12, 19 and 26th.        Cost is $50 plus a $6 supply fee

Portrait Art: From 5:15- 6:00 P.M.

On Tuesdays in June… Portrait Art is open to all children over 5 years old who are interested in creating portraits or art based on people. Using different techniques and mediums this four week class will explore many different approaches to creating portraits. Painting, drawing, collage, and sculpture.

Tuesday June 5, 12, 19 and 26th.        Cost is $50 plus a $10 supply fee

Cardboard Sculpture Workshops: From 5:00- 6:00 PM

On Thursdays in June…. Create detailed sculptures out of cardboard, fabric and other materials. Want to make a dragon, a ship, a unicorn, created a giant squid. If you can think it we will find a way to build it. This class is 3 parts. First week is planning, designing, and beginning- second week we will build the sculpture and the third week we will use acrylic paint and fabric and other objects to finish the piece. You will love creating large sculptures out of cardboard.

Ages: 5 and over

Thursdays in June 7, 14 and 21      (Cost is $45.00 for 3 classes)

Keep these dates in mind…

Glass Demonstration and Bead Making with Dawn Lombard

Sunday, June 3rd (cost is $30 to make your own bead)

1-2 pm

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.

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.

You may attend the demonstration and not participate in bead making. Its up to you!

 

Needle Felting- Cats

Sunday, June 10th we will be making fiber sculptures of Cats
2:00-4:30ish pm
Cost: $35 includes materials to make a cat in class and another at home. (color of your choice)
(Bring your own needles and foam and save $5)

Also… we will be offering some sewing workshops and other fun classes in June. Including Father’s Day Crafts where your children can make some very special gifts for Dad! And some One Day Summer Art Workshops in June and July!!!

 (pss….Hey and incase I forgot to tell you… we just got a bunch of great new items at the shop and we have gift certificates so you can get a child you love an art class or two!!!)