Here are some photos from Portrait Art the other day!
We will be having a Portrait Art Show on Wednesday, June 27th at 5:00 PM If you would like to see some beautiful art!!!
We love seeing The Golden Button in the paper!!!!
Happy Summer!!!!
Southbury
Mini Summer Camp Schedule!!!
Drum roll Please……… Okay here it is the Mini Summer Camp schedule we promised you.
The Golden Button is offering Mini Summer Camps! These mini camps are designed for your child to explore fun and new things. Each week in July and August 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- Summer Night Camp
July 10-13th from 5:00-6:00 PM (All ages welcome)
For four days in July, your child will create beautiful creations based on the theme A SUMMER NIGHT. Each Child will create a night sky painting complete with glowing stars, a terrarium for a collection of fireflies, a special pillowcase and their very own up-cycled book.
Week Two- Sewing Camp
July 17-20 from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM (Ages 8 and up)
Introduction to kids sewing. Each child will receive a small sewing kit to learn basic sewing. We will discuss sewing safety and learn how to create simple patterns. Your child will make food and other creations out of felt. Simple basic hand sewing for kids!
Week Three- Art Camp
July 24th-27th from 5:00-6:00 PM (All Ages)
Explore several mediums this week. Get comfortable with pastels, watercolor and create a large 3-D painting. You are going to want to wear a smock! Your child will work at his or her own level. All ages are welcome.
Week Four- Diorama Camp
July 31st to August 3rd from 4:00-5:00 PM (Ages 6 and Up)
Your child will build his or her own imaginative world. We will spend the four days for this mini camp planning, designing, and building an interactive diorama with lots of kid friendly materials. We will also spend some time creating characters to use in the diorama.
Week five- I Love Jewelry Camp
August 7-10th from 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM (Ages 4 and up)
If your child loves jewelry and building things this is a great series for them. Your child will create simple jewelry, a very cool jewelry stand with cups and saucers, a jewelry box and some polymer clay jewels.
Week six- Fabric Design Camp
August 14-17th from 4:30 to 5:30 PM
Play with fabric this week…try a new way to tye-dye, make freezer paper prints, print textiles or experiment with different fabric markers. Learn all different techniques. Design a tote bag and up-cycle an old t-shirt from home!
Week seven – Art Show Camp
August 21-24th from 5:00-6:00 PM
Lets create some ART…. Collages, color block painting, permanent marker drawing and much more. Create lots of art then at the end of the last class we will have a Summer Art Show!
Also….
Father’s Day Painting… “I Love You More Than________” today!!!!! ($12 per canvas)
Don’t forget to stop by and see some new items including “Stuffed Shirt” pillows and beautiful new jewelry!
Keep in mind… Next weekend we are hosting terrarium making at The Golden Button!!! next Saturday and Sunday. We will have everything you need to create a beautiful terrarium to take home. The cost will be $15 per container!!!
Please email or call to save a spot. (203) 910-9948 or goldenbuttonshop@yahoo.com
Have a great weekend!!!!
“I Love You More Than_________”
Come to The Golden Button to make something truly one of a kind for Father’s Day!!!
Tomorrow (anytime between 2-5:30 PM) or
Saturday (anytime between 1-5:30PM)
create a “I love you more than________” Painting. (Cost is $12 wear a old t-shirt or a smock) You can just stop by you don’t have to call ahead!
More dates next week!!! Terrarium making next weekend!!!!
Here are some of the beads that were made at the Glass Making Demo last Sunday.
A photo from the Cardboard Sculpture from today’s workshop!
Sunday from 2-4 PM we will be Having Needle Felting – CATS!!!! From 2-4 PM! I’m excited!!!! There is just a few spots left!
New Portrait Art Class and A Finished Bead!
Portrait Art
The girls worked on some Self Portraits!!!
Then they tried out some charcoal!
Here are Jen’s beads she made at the Glass Bead Making Class last Sunday! Aren’t they lovely!
This is Jen…
Thanks again to Lavender Dawn!!!
(Hey let me know if you would like to be part of another Glass Demonstration)
Tiny Houses
Fairy houses, bird houses, dollhouses, mini houses.
Paint, feathers, buttons, wire, glitter, sequins, pinecones, and much much more.
Getting Ready for our Tiny Art Show.
We began our Tiny Art Class today!
Swing by The Golden Button for lots of fun things that will be going on.
We have beautiful new items and quite a few sales on some wonderful Mother’s Day Gifts. We will be hosting a Mother’s Day Event on Friday from 4-6pm. Come pick out some gifts, get a cookie and some lemonade and put your name in the drawing to win some beautiful local items. We will also be wrapping so you don’t have to.
You can also come by on Saturday!
The Golden Button will be closed on Sunday for Mother’s Day!
Make a Glass Bead with Lavender Dawn on June 3rd
I have a very important announcement to make….. The Golden Button is very lucky to have one of our wonderful jewelry making- glass artists coming to do a demonstration…..
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.
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.
For just $30 Dawn will guide you through the process of creating your own beautiful glass bead! This is a very special event. Please call or email me to hold you a spot. Space is limited.
(203) 910-9948
goldenbuttonshop@yahoo.com
Mother’s Day Shopping and Tiny Art
This week stop by at The Golden Button to find beautiful, unique, handmade items for Mothers and Grandmothers and all the special women in your life!
We have beautiful garden decorations, soaps, yarn, fibers, bags, clutches, jewelry, gourds, bird feeders and much much more!
On Friday Night from 4-6 Pm we will be having a Mother’s Day Shopping Event with treats, giveaways and gift wrapping! (Ladies send your men)
There are still a few spots left in our Tiny Art Class…..
Tiny Art- 5:00- 5:45 pm
On Wednesdays in May … Children will explore a tiny world of art. In this class we will focus on miniatures. While taking our time and planning, we will create some amazing little projects. Children will have a mini art show at The Golden Button to finish up their class. This class is open to children age 6 and up. Instructor is K. Gorham
Wednesday, May 9, 16, 23, and 30th
Mini Art Show will be Friday June 1st at 5:00 P.M!!!
Cost is $50 plus a $12 supply fee.
Let me know if you would like me to save your child a spot!
Drawing and Design
Today we had our Monday Workshops. The first class made watercolors…. then we had Drawing and Design. Here are some pictures of the Still Life we drew during the drawing class. The kids tried out watercolor pencils, colored pencils, maker, crayons and some homemade watercolors.
I will be making a bunch of homemade watercolors to bring to Earth Day!!!!
Since the shop was technically closed today…. I got to see this horse when I was on a walk. It made me smile so I thought you might like to see it too.
Happy Easter
Today we had a very special little boy at The Golden Button….. Chase.
Chase is turning six months old next week and I love him.
Chase brought his Mom and Dad with him to paint his very first Easter Egg!
I hope that you have a wonderful Easter!!!!
I am hoping to sleep in tomorrow, do some gardening, and take a nap. Oh and eat chocolate!
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