Egg Painting

April 2, 2012April 2, 2012 | goldenbuttonshop

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

March 27, 2012 | goldenbuttonshop

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!

Private Event

March 17, 2012 | goldenbuttonshop

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!!

The March Hare Donation

March 1, 2012 | goldenbuttonshop

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.)

In Progress

February 27, 2012 | goldenbuttonshop

My friend, Amanda, thought we should change the work/table/area so it serves as a better studio… So that what we are doing.

Last week I went to Seymour Demolition where I picked out all these old doors. My Father had to go pick them up in his truck… Then we cleaned them up a bit and my father and husband spent yesterday attaching them together and putting them up. I am very excited about this space. The Golden Button shop was originally meant to be a painting studio/ art gallery for me but it evolved into the wonderful local- handmade items shop it is today. We do enjoy a lot of workshops so it makes sense to have a workshop/ studio area.

I am about to run down to the shop to measure, move, paint a door, rearrange and other fun stuff.

This should make workshops a little more private.

(These photos were taking during construction)

(Sorry this is blurry)

Wall is up…. Over the next few weeks I will make curtains and maybe a coffee/ tea area back there.

Lots of planning in the works.

Don’t forget that this week we are having Leap Year Open Painting Workshop!!! Which is going to be awesome!!! This Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday!

Wear a smock or old clothes.

We are also having a sale on some of the scarfs and winter items at the shop. I hear it is supposed to snow this week! (I am not actually excited about that so maybe you should ignore the exclamation point!)