Wednesday, March 25, 2015

CALLING ALL COLUMBIA, SC BAKERS!

Hello all!

Cupcake Camp Columbia (*NEW*) could use your help. They are looking for bakers. The event is 4/19/15 Sunday at Carolina Ale House, 1-3 PM. Please help us forward this info. to bakers you know in the Columbia area. Thanks for your help!

www.facebook.com/pages/Cupcake-Camp-Columbia/632920936837615
or 
http://jaimelianne.wix.com/cupcakecampcolumbia


SAVE THE DATE: Next Cupcake Camp Charleston is on 11/14/15, 3-5 pm at Aloft Hotel, Tanger Outlets. Feel free to broadcast it. Charity TBD.

Wednesday, March 18, 2015

It's that time of year again, Sponsors! We need you!

It's that time of year again! We are looking for 2015 Sponsors! It's our 6th year, can you believe it?!!
We are looking for the following items:

Supplies
1000 9 inch paper plates

Plastic Forks
5 - 6 ft plastic or cloth table cloths (Fall colors)
Printer (1000 postcards, 1000 flyers)
Pylons
Signs (for parking, arrows, etc. to point towards Cupcake Camp Charleston)


Prizes (for our 3 winners)
Gift certificates
Gift cards
Movie passes
Cook books
Baking supplies
Concert tickets
Cooking/Baking Lessons
Car washes
Spa treatments
Restaurant gift cards
Lawn servic
e
Aprons

(We'll take anything you're willing to donate!)

Friday, March 13, 2015

Meet Paolo Licciardi, Newest Sponsor of Cupcake Camp Charleston!

Meet Paolo Licciardi, Creator of Sapone di Paolo, quality handmade soaps, shaving creams, balms and much more.

Greetings!

Why am I here?  What made me decide to start making shaving products?

Oddly enough, it all started with my hands.

I was suffering from dry, cracked and often bleeding hands.  It was to a point where getting dressed, or reaching into my pocket for my wallet, or tapping the turn signal in my car, or picking just about anything up would split open my fingers.  I was getting beyond frustrated.

I used every hand cream.  I went to the dermatologist.  He gave me steroid ointments which healed it, but it would always come back a week later.  Completely sick of having four bandaids on my hands at once, it was time to solve this on my own.

My research began.  After some time and testing, I found that removing sulfates from my skin did the trick.  This led me into the world of natural products.  Once I had cleaned up my ingredient lists with everything in the sink, shower, laundry, etc., I was still feeling slightly itchy when I shaved.  This brought me to the wonderful and intriguing world of the traditional wet shaving community.

I had learned how to shave as a teen with safety razors.  After years of canned foams and gels, bad disposable razors, electric razors and every other gimmick, it was a welcomed return to my roots along with the newly acquired interest in shaving soaps.  I dove right in.

Creams. Soaps. Hard. Soft. Balms. Splashes. Endless scents. Brushes. Blades… It’s all very intoxicating and addictive.

With a few favorites, I thought “why not try to make your perfect soap?”  Take the slickness from this one, a scent like that one and the post shave feel from that other one and make my super soap! I’m a genius!

Until I actually tried it.  I very abruptly learned a new and great respect for soap makers.

But I persevered.  It is a very intriguing and enjoyable process.  It lets me be both creative AND nerdy!  After several months of tinkering and tweaking, I finally have my perfect soap.  It lathers easily, it’s slick, it smells fantastic and my face feels great hours later.

And now I can hopefully pass that same feeling on to you.


We can hardly wait to try it! Saponedipaolo.com launches on Monday, 3/16/15. Follow Paolo @saponedipaolo and support Charleston locally!









Sponsors Needed

New Poster 2021

 New Poster is out! Thanks to Hazel Rider for her help!