We rescheduled our Needle Felting Pig workshop….
It will now be on Tuesday, May 22nd at 6:30 pm till 8:30 pm. Let me know if you would like me to save you a spot.
Workshops
May Workshops and Class Series
THIS JUST OUT….
New Workshop Series for May…
Spaces fill up quickly so please call, email, or stop by to hold a space.
Exploring Art– From 3:30- 4:10 P.M
On Tuesdays in May…. 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 May 8, 15, 22 and 29th. Cost is $45 plus a $5 supply fee
Garden Art– From 4:30 to 5:15 P.M
On Tuesdays in May… Your children will be encouraged to create some garden art. During this four-week course we will make garden markers, a toad or frog house, we will create a garden sculpture and do some garden drawing. This class is open to children ages 5 and up. Instructor is K. Gorham.
Tuesday, May 8, 15, 22 and 29th. Cost is $45 plus a $10 supply fee
Tiny Art- From 4:30 to 5:15 P.M.
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 rap 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.
One-Day Workshops in May….
Needle Felting-Pigs with Rachel Gerowe
Saturday, May 12th from 3-5 P.M. (cost is $35.00)
Animal Painting with Kate from The Golden Button
Friday, May 18th from 2-5 P.M
(Cost is $25.00) Create a beautiful painting of an animal you love. Bring a photograph or two for reference. Wear an old t-shirt or smock.
Make your Own Watercolors- Learn how to make your own watercolors with non-toxic, fun ingredients. Make them… then take them home with you to keep and get the recipe so you can make them again and again!
Saturday, May 19th. Call ahead to save a spot… then come anytime between 1 and 5 P.M. (Cost is $15 per person)
Bakery Painting – Come decorate a gluten free cupcake and then paint a picture of it with acrylic paints. (Wear an old t-shirt or a smock)
Friday, May 25th and Saturday, May 26th from 3-5 P.M (Cost is $30.00 includes everything)
Kool-Aid Dying Workshop- Learn how to dye wool fibers with fun colored drink mix!!! This is permanent and non-toxic and FUN!!! We will be doing this outside. All ages are welcome. Come in old clothes and learn how to dye your own roving and yarn. 15% Discounts off our yarn during this workshop!!!!! Watch a demonstration then try it yourself. We will also be doing some hand painting!
Saturday, May 20th from 2-4
(Rain date is May 27th) Cost is 15.00 plus $10.00 supply fee.
call, email, or stop by to hold your space…
(203) 910-9948 or goldenbuttonshop@yahoo.com
***KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR A MOTHER’S DAY GIFT WORKSHOP
Egg Painting
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
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!
Easter Basket Treats
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
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
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- 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!
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.
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…
In Progress
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)
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!)
The Golden Button 
