Black Friday and Small Business Saturday

November 26, 2013November 26, 2013 | goldenbuttonshop

When you are doing you Black Friday and Small Business Saturday shopping…. Stop by The Golden Button and all the other great local businesses!!! Shop local and support people in your community!!!! Visit us on Small Business Saturday!!!!! November 30th! From 10-5 PM

Giveaways, sales, new items, treats, ornament making, and much more!!!! Shop local support handmade!!!! Ornament Making is back!!!!!!!!!!! Stop by this weekend for Holiday Ornament Making!!!!!!!! All ages are welcome to drop into The Golden Button to create beautiful wooden ornaments that will last for years to come! Wear a smock or old shirt! Lots of fun!!! Cost is $12 for 3 ornaments. From noon to 5 PM November 29th! (From 11-3 PM) November 30th! (From 11-4 PM) Sunday, December 1st (From 11-4 PM)

Visit our Kids Classes page and LIKE us on Facebook for more dates.

Machine Sewing Classes

Pull your machine out and learn how to sew! Maura Bergman is teaching basic and beginner sewing. Class starts on Wednesday, November 27^th at 11 AM! Bring your machine and manual and Maura will guide you through learning how to sew! Basic sewing, creating a project, and simple patterns! Great for beginners or people who have not sewn in years! Class meets Wednesday, November 27^th, December 4^th, and December 11^{th at} 11 AM at The Golden Button! Cost is $75 We will pick a project to work on during class!

New Items and Classes!

November 17, 2013 | goldenbuttonshop

Stop into The Golden Button to pick up some great seasonal napkins….

or beautiful linen tea towels ….

Order a custom painting….

Get some festive holiday candles…

Or buys supplies for a new project or gift!!!

We are open till 4 PM today!

Some important information….

We will be having lots of awesome classes starting in a week or so…

Hold a spot now!

Kids Thanksgiving Center Pieces!

Sign up to create a beautiful holiday centerpiece! Children will create an amazing turkey sculpture to decorate your Thanksgiving table! Cost is $15 per centerpiece! All ages are welcome but some younger children will need help to finish their project!

Call, email or drop in to request a turkey! Turkey sculpture bases are made in advance for each child! We cannot guarantee you a turkey sculpture base if you do not sign up in advance!

Friday November 22^nd, Saturday, November 23^rd, and Sunday November 24^th from 11 AM to 4 PM!

Machine Sewing Classes

Class meets Wednesday, November 27^th, December 4^th, and December 11^{th at} 11 AM at The Golden Button! Cost is $75

We will pick a project to work on during class!

Crocheting Basics!

Learn how to crochet!!! In the first class learn several stitches and practice! Then create a beautiful scarf in the next two classes! You will have a beautiful warm winter scarf to keep for yourself or give as a gift!

This class begins on Tuesday, November 26^th, December 3^rd and December 10^th! At 6:30 PM

Cost is $50 plus $10 supply fee. (Supply fee does not including the cost of the yarn for your finished scarf! Discounts on yarn during class session or you can bring your own!)

Upcoming Needle Felting Classes…

Needle Felting: Moose or Deer

November 17th from 2-5ish PM

Cost: $35 (save $5 if you bring your own foam and needles)

Rachel Gerowe of Red Barn Originals will teach you how to create a moose or deer sculpture with wool and special barbed needles.

Next Thursday is a open Needle Felting Forum!!! Open to anyone who need some help or wants to meet other needle felters!!!

November 21st: Finishing Forum $25

(Open to anyone who wants to come… You do not need to be working on a creche. This cost does not cover a kit but you can buy one at regular price or bring something you are working on)

email goldenbuttonshop@yahoo.com,

call (203) 910-9948, or stop by The Golden Button to let us know you would like to join!!!

Email, call or stop by to hold a space in one of these wonderful classes.

goldenbuttonshop@yahoo.com or (203) 910-9948

New classes, workshops and events at The Golden Button!!

November 12, 2013November 13, 2013 | goldenbuttonshop

OH HELLO! It has been an extremely busy couple of weeks around here! I have been promising to post some of the upcoming events at The Golden Button… So here is a bunch and there are more to come…..

New classes, workshops and events at The Golden Button!!

Machine Sewing Classes

Class meets Wednesday, November 27^th, December 4^th, and December 11^{th at} 11 AM at The Golden Button! Cost is $75

We will pick a project to work on during class!

Crocheting Basics!

This class begins on Tuesday, November 26^th, December 3^rd and December 10^th! At 6:30 PM

Cost is $50 plus $10 supply fee. (Supply fee does not including the cost of the yarn for your finished scarf! Discounts on yarn during class session or you can bring your own!)

Kids Thanksgiving Center Pieces!

Call, email or drop in to request a turkey! Turkey sculpture bases are made in advance for each child! We cannot guarantee you a turkey sculpture base if you do not sign up in advance!

Friday November 22^nd, Saturday, November 23^rd, and Sunday November 24^th from 11 AM to 4 PM!

Getting ready for the Holidays at The Golden Button!

Visit us to get beautiful locally handmade items and gifts! We have everything you need to stuff a stocking or find a special thoughtful gift while supporting local artists this holiday season! Order your custom paintings for the holidays and remember everything we sell is local and handmade and sometimes one of a kind!!!

Visit us on Small Business Saturday!!!!! November 30^th! From 10-5 PM

Giveaways, sales, new items, treats, ornament making, and much more!!!! Shop local support handmade!!!!

Ornament Making is back!!!!!!!!!!!

All ages are welcome to drop into The Golden Button to create beautiful wooden ornaments that will last for years to come! Wear a smock or old shirt! Lots of fun!!!

Cost is $12 for 3 ornaments. From noon to 5 PM

November 29^th! (From 11-3 PM)

November 30^th! (From 11-4 PM)

Sunday, December 1st

^Wednesday^,December 11^th

Thursday, December 12^th

Friday, December 13^th

Saturday, December 14th

Sunday, December 15^{th (noon to 4 PM)}

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Thursday, December 19^th

Friday, December 20^th

Saturday, December 21st

Sunday, December 22^nd

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Make your own Holiday Gifts!!!

Kids ages 5 and up can create special gifts for everyone in their family!!! Wednesday nights 4^th 11^th and 18^th in December!

Time 5:00 to 6:15 PM

Cost is $55 we will make 4 different types of gifts!!!

(Supply fee is $16)

Crafternoon and Fall Classes!!!

August 28, 2013 | goldenbuttonshop

Lots and lots of planning going on here today!!!!! We would like to announce the very first Golden Button Crafternoon happening in September!!!!

The Golden Button Crafternoon!

Join us on Saturday, September 28th

Ages 5 and up from 12:00 to 2:00 PM

Teens and Adults from 2:30 to 4:30 PM

Meet some of our local artists and learn how to craft some really special things!

Cost is $40 per person (covers all supplies and a snack!!!)

Four different crafts to create!!!! (More info to follow!!!)

Early sign up discount…. First 4 spaces are $35

Space is limited Call ahead, email or drop by to sign up for Crafternoon!!! All ages are welcome to join! This is great for adults and teens as well as school age children!

Click here for some Fall Fiber Classes!!!

Needle Felting, Crocheting, Knitting and sewing classes for adults and teens!!!

Here are some photos from this weekends Needle Felting Raccoons class with Rachel Gerowe of Red Barn Originals!!!!

Father’s Day Gift Making and Other Classes

May 28, 2013 | goldenbuttonshop

Lots of new things are happening at The Golden Button…

Father’s Day Gift Making!!

Beginning this Friday, Saturday and Sunday you can drop by The Golden Button to make some Father’s Day Gifts!!!!! Drop in anytime between noon and 5 PM to create one of a kind gifts for Dad, Grandpa, uncles and other important men in your life!! There are two projects to pick from (Painting project is $14 per project and sculpture project is $15 per project!!!)
Other Father’s Day Gift Making dates: Friday June, 7th and Saturday June 8th then June 12th- 14th. (We will remind you on Facebook) Feel free to call or email for more info! We don’t want to give too much info away to the dads!)

New Sewing Classes Begins this Thursday

Kids/ Beginners Machine Sewing

Thursday, May 30th, June 6th, June, 13th, June 20th at 5:00- 5:45 PM
This sewing class is for beginners and slightly advanced beginners… continue learning and creating at The Golden Button with your own Sewing Machine
Maura Bergman teaches you how to use your new Sewing Machine! Learn basic functions, how to find your way around your Sewing Machine and how to make a basic pattern. This class is excellent for all of you with new machines!
Cost is $65 plus $20 supply fee

Adult Painting is full this week.. But sign up for more classes in June!

Saturday, June 8th from 7-9 PM We will be painting farm animals!

Friday, June 14th from 7-9 PM We will be painting a landscape

Friday, June 21st from 7-9 PM We will be painting a portrait (Head of a person or a pet!)

Friday, June 28th from 7-9 PM We will be painting a tree

Please sign up now space is very limited! Cost is $25 (covers supplies)

Learn how to Knit!!!!

New Knitting Class at The Golden Button….

June 4th, June 11th, 18th, and 25th from 6:30- 8:00 PM! Beginners and advanced beginners are welcome. Class is taught by Patti Clark. Learn how to knit, purl, cast on, cast off. Or, if you already know the basics, begin work on a pattern!!! Patti will bring several patterns to pick from! Please bring size 8 or 9 needles and corresponding yarn (or buy yarn here at The Golden Button at a discounted rate!!! 10% off for students!) (June 11th will be an Open Fiber evening… Cost is $75 for 3 weeks! (Patti cannot attend on June 11th but you may come out anyway! Bring whatever you are working on and have some refreshments!)

Cost is $75 for 3 weeks! Open Fiber evening will be open to the public.. There is no extra charge!

Please let me know if you would like to join us!!!

Mini Summer Camps are filling up quick click here to see the list!!!

Week One- Mini Garden Camp (ages 5 and up)

For four days in June, your child will create a beautiful mini garden. Learn how to design them, plant them and make special treasures to decorate them! Each child will create a real mini container garden!

Mini Garden Camp runs June 25^th, 26^th, 27^th, and 28^th from 5-6 PM

Week One- Little Kids Camp! (Ages 3-5)

From 3-3:45 PM little kids get to make fun projects too!!! Children will create all sorts of art based on colors and animals. 3-d art sculptures, wall hangings and paper collage art!

Little Kid Camp runs June 25^th, 26^th, 27^th, and 28^th from 3-3:45 PM

Mini Summer Camps 2013

May 14, 2013 | goldenbuttonshop

The Golden Button Would like to announce…

Mini Summer Camps for 2013!!!

The Golden Button is offering Mini Summer Camps! These mini “camps” are designed for your child to explore fun and new things. Every week this summer we are offering a variety of different sessions that will run from Tuesday through Friday. We will meet for about one hour a day. Plan ahead and hold a spot now! Space is limited! Each Mini Summer Camp week costs $50 plus a $10 supply fee.

Week One- Mini Garden Camp (ages 5 and up)

Mini Garden Camp runs June 25^th, 26^th, 27^th, and 28^th from 5-6 PM

Week One- Little Kids Camp! (Ages 3-5)

From 3-3:45 PM little kids get to make fun projects too!!! Children will create all sorts of art based on colors and animals. 3-d art sculptures, wall hangings and paper collage art!

Little Kid Camp runs June 25^th, 26^th, 27^th, and 28^th from 3-3:45 PM

Week Two- Fantasy Camp (Ages 8 and up)

This mini camp is for kids who love fantasy. Learn how to draw fantastic creatures, dragons, fairies, gnomes and much more. Then make a beautiful whimsical painting and create toadstools, and much much more! This is going to be fun!

Fantasy Camp meets July 9^th, 10^th , 11^th and 12^th from 5-6 PM

Week Two- Fairies and Gnomes! (Ages 3-5)

From 3-3:45 PM Little kids get to make fun projects too!!! Make fairy accessories, gnome houses, make a toadstool, practice drawing, and much much more!

Little Kid Camp meets July 9^th, 10^th, 11^th and 12^th from 5-6 PM

Week Three- Paper Mache Camp (Ages 7 and up)

Explore 3d sculpture with paper mache this week. You are going to want to wear a smock! Learn to make awesome sculptures with paper mache then decorate them!

Paper Mache Camp meets July 16^th, 17^th , 18^th and 19^th from 5-6 PM

Week Four- Wildlife Camp (Ages 4 and up)

Explore wildlife! Visit the gorilla in the jungle, the owls in the trees… and so much more. Create habitats, and make animals.

Wildlife Camp meets July 23^rd, 24^th, 25^th and 26^th from 4:30-5:30 PM

Week Five- Sewing Camp ! (Ages 8 and up)

We love to sew? Make simple projects and learn all different techniques of hand sewing. Make fun summer projects you can really use!

Sewing camp meets July 30^th, 31^st, August 1^st and 2^nd from 3-4 PM

Week Five- Shark Week!!!! (Ages 5 and up)

Four days of Shark Art!!!! Create awesome shark sculptures, learn about different types of sharks, then make a large shark painting to take home, shark printmaking and much more!

Shark week is meets July 30^th, 31^st, August 1^st and 2^nd from 5-6 PM

Week Six- Adventure Week (Ages 6 and up)

Take an adventure… Learn about maps and make your own… discover different environments and make art based on them! Get your photo taken in a far off land!

Adventure week begins on August 6^th, 7^th, 8^th and 9^th from 5-6 PM

Week Six- Little Kids Adventure! (Ages 3-5)

From 3-3:45 PM little kids get to make fun projects too!!! Children will create all sorts of art based on adventures! Explore a coral reef, what is on top of the mountain, who lives in a cave? Kids make a map, an adventure collage, a painting and a sculpture!

Little kids Adventure week begins on August 6^th, 7^th, 8^th and 9^th from 3-3:45 PM

Week Seven – Arts and Crafts Camp (ages 7 and up)

Children will learn crafts from traditional summer camps! Make wind chimes, paint rocks, draw pictures, send mail and sooo much more!

Arts and Crafts week is August 13^th, 14^th, 15^th, 16^th! From 4:30—5:30 PM

Week Eight- Summer Night Camp (Ages 4 and up)

Listen to the summer night sounds, Create a giant bug that really glows, make trees in the night, and a nocturnal animal! Lots of painting and glow in the dark fun! And maybe some outer space art too!!!

Summer Night Camp begins on August 20^th– the 23^rd from 5-6 PM

Stop by the shop…call or email to hold a space.

(203) 910-9948

goldenbuttonshop@yahoo.com (Space is very limited!!!)

This Week at The Golden Button….

March 13, 2013 | goldenbuttonshop

This week at The Golden Button….

Beginning tomorrow at 11 AM get a limited edition animal print with your purchase! (We are giving away 30)

Friday: Join us for Beginners Embroidery Classes! (call ahead to hold a space)

Saturday: Stop in between 12 and 5 to paint wooden eggs ($6 each.. all ages welcome)

Sunday: Needle Felting Chicks or Ducks!

Giveaway!

March 12, 2013March 12, 2013 | goldenbuttonshop

To say thank you to all of our wonderful customers… beginning this Wednesday at 11 AM… We are giving away a print with your purchase! Your choice of limited edition screen printed animals (a fox, a duck or a bunny) Each is signed by me! (There are 30 prints up for grabs!) Also don’t forget to check out all our special items for Easter!

Here are some photos from our Beginners Sampler class the Old Town Hall in Southbury.

Visit our classes and workshop page for more info!

Beginners Embroidery at The Old Town Hall Museum!

March 3, 2013 | goldenbuttonshop

Today was part one of….

Learn to Stitch a Sampler at the South Britain Old Town Hall!

The girls learned several basic stitches. Practicing first in their little books.

Then, the girls did drawings and used the new stitches to create beautiful embroidered pieces!

Samples of embroidery…

There are still a few spaces left for next week…..

Date: March 10, 2013, 1:00 to 3:00 p.m.

Location: Old Town Hall Museum, Route 172, South Britain

Fee: This program is free, but registration is required. Please call 203-405-3124 to register.

On Sunday, March 3 and March 10, from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., the Southbury Historical Society, in partnership with The Golden Button, will offer a special two-part needle-working program for youth ages 8 and older at the Old Town Hall Museum in South Britain.

In the first part of this program on Sunday, March 3, Kate Gorham, owner of The Golden Button in South Britain will teach children basic embroidery techniques, needle safety, stitches and how to apply them. Supplies are provided for the class and participants will begin by creating a “Stitch Book” for use as a guide. On Sunday, March 10, using the techniques and stitches learned, participants will create a simple decorative sampler.

Historically, learning to stitch a sampler – a decorative piece of needlework – was an important part of a schoolgirl’s formal education. Young girls made samplers as a way of learning embroidery techniques, which would be useful in clothes making and marking and repairing the household linen. Early samplers were simple in design with alphabets and numerals. As samplers evolved, they became more decorative with motifs of fruit, flowers, trees, birds and animals.

This program is free, but registration is required as space is limited.

(The Golden Button is also offering a 3 part embroidery class on Fridays in March. Click here for new classes)

NEW KNITTING AND CROCHET CLASSES AT THE GOLDEN BUTTON!!!!

Beginners Knitting (kids 8 and up)

Saturdays in March 16^th, 23^rd, and 30^th

5:00 PM to 5:45 PM

Three part class for Knitting Beginners. Learn the basics of Knitting: Cast on, Knit, Purl and Cast off. Learn the basics with simple patterns.

Cost: $75 (You will receive a supply list before the class begins.)

The Difference Between Knitting and Crocheting

Saturdays in March 16^th, 23^rd, and 30^th

6:00 PM to 7:00 PM

Knit: Crochet:

Lots of people say they can’t knit. Some say they can’t crochet. This class introduces you to basic Knit and Crochet so that you can make an educated decision as to which you prefer. This three part class will introduce you to

Knitting (week one)

Crochet (week two)

By Week three you can decide which class you prefer to focus on.

See samples of knit and crochet so you can tell which is which. then learn basics in both.

Cost is $75 plus a $12 supply fee, which will include: a crochet hook, yarn and Knitting needles.

Machine Sewing Classes

Kids Thanksgiving Center Pieces!

Machine Sewing Classes

Crocheting Basics!

Upcoming Needle Felting Classes…

Machine Sewing Classes

Crocheting Basics!

Kids Thanksgiving Center Pieces!

Getting ready for the Holidays at The Golden Button!

Visit us on Small Business Saturday!!!!! November 30th! From 10-5 PM

Ornament Making is back!!!!!!!!!!!

Make your own Holiday Gifts!!!

New Sewing Classes Begins this Thursday

Adult Painting is full this week.. But sign up for more classes in June!

Learn how to Knit!!!!

Mini Summer Camps are filling up quick click here to see the list!!!

The Golden Button Would like to announce…

Mini Summer Camps for 2013!!!

This week at The Golden Button….

Beginning tomorrow at 11 AM get a limited edition animal print with your purchase! (We are giving away 30)

Friday: Join us for Beginners Embroidery Classes! (call ahead to hold a space)

Saturday: Stop in between 12 and 5 to paint wooden eggs ($6 each.. all ages welcome)

Sunday: Needle Felting Chicks or Ducks!

Today was part one of….

Learn to Stitch a Sampler at the South Britain Old Town Hall!

NEW KNITTING AND CROCHET CLASSES AT THE GOLDEN BUTTON!!!!

Visit us on Small Business Saturday!!!!! November 30^th! From 10-5 PM