Posts by hazelbasil

Many years ago I took a religion class at a local university and one of the professors spoke of a Bible verse that talked about growth in wisdom and stature, and approval from God and man. He expounded on the verse by giving it an acronym of “SIPS”. Spiritual – having a belief and value system; acknowledging, recognizing and applying your values Intellectual – continuously learning and growing your knowledge,...

      CupcakeCamp Charleston was another hit at the Alley! Photos from are posted on Cupcake Camp Charleston’s Facebook page. This post was supposed to be done last night, but apparently I keep forgetting to write and upload! We had over 400+ attendants again this year and made over $400 for SCYAP. Thanks again to those who were able to come and enjoy the baked goodness of all the amazing...

Since CupcakeCamp Charleston is tomorrow, I wanted to share this Etsy shop called Haute Mess Threads. They have these amazing pin-up style aprons. Unfortunately, I won’t be donning either of them, as I couldn’t decide between my two favorite ones below. Instead I’ll be wearing a Star Trek “Expendable” shirt.

In my previous post, I talked about my battles, demons and obstacles that prevent me from finishing projects. I also mentioned that I’d come up with counteractive solutions. I was motivated by Jon Acuff’s book Start. In his book, he encourages to “mock each fear that you’ve written down”. Even though this is slightly different, it was a great exercise to do. Now I just need to keep these solutions and to...

I completely forgot to write yesterday – again! Second time to fail in a 30-day challenge. So, today I’m going to write TWO posts to again make up for the missed deadline! At least it’s giving me today’s topic of starting challenges and not finishing them completely or IN time. And since I’m all about convenience, I will break this up into two parts to make up for the loss. For some reason the Lizard...