My Design Life: Kim & Binit's Baby Shower

Although, Ria & I had plenty of time to plan this baby shower for our friends Kim & Binit, we didn't get into all the details of the decor & food till the week of. And I, of course, procrastinated till the day before to do all my DIY decorations & food prep. We pretty much winged the design and set up the day of. With that being said, there was some minor things that could have been better, like the wrinkled fabric that I should have had time to iron/steam!!!! But that is just the perfectionist in me. All in all, with the amount of time we spent on everything, the baby shower turned out beautiful. 

Special thanks to the love of my life, for helping me the night before with all the DIY decor. =) 

Enjoy! 

Credits: 
Design: Ria Pavia & I
Decorations: Ria Pavia & I
Desserts & Appetizers: Rejeana Dizon, Bethmarie Quiambao, Tricia Canton, April Kim La Paz, Ria Pavia & I
Fresh Flowers: Bethmarie Quiambao
Photography: Yours Truly

My Design Life: Hospitality Design Expo 2012, Las Vegas

Can't wait to see all that HD Expo has to offer this year!! Definitely ready for some new inspiration from the newest and most innovative products&services.  Anyone in the design industry going?

www.hdexpo.com

My Design Life: Rosalie's 1st Birthday - Story Book Design

This past weekend, I had the opportunity to exercise my party designing skills for Ria at The Evolution of a Woman blog. For those of you who don't know her, she is my boyfriend's sister-in-law and a good friend of mine.  She had a great vision of a vintage storybook birthday party for her daughter's first birthday. What a cute idea, right? And something original I haven't seen before.

She had lots of decoration ideas, but didn't exactly know how to carry out the whole theme. So with the collaboration of DIY decoration ideas (made by Ria and  her close friends, including me), some of my own found decorations, and lots of Ria's server-ware, I helped her design Rosalie's Story Book Birthday in less than a week!

The details put into the design made all the difference. From vintage story books collected by Ria, to DIY Doilies cups, custom name labels for the food&drinks, DIY 12 month picture strip hung by mini clothing clips, and carefully selected fabric...just to name a few. Details, Details, Details!!!  I love it and I hope you love it, too. Enjoy!

Credits: 
Design: Ria Pavia & I
Decorations: Ria Pavia, Kim Gala, Bethmarie Quiambao, Gin Lacuesta, Jasmine Ang, & I
Desserts: Rejeana Dizon, Anthony Pavia, & Merely Sweets
Cake: Cakes by Tricia Faye
Fresh Flowers: Maribel Mamuri Trinh
Photography: Yours Truly

My Design Life - Dripp Grand Opening

Photo Courtesy of latimesblogs.latimes.com

I am happy to share with you that the Grand Opening of Dripp Steam & Cream Cafe, Chino Hills, CA is tomorrow, Thursday November 17, 2011. So go check out Davis Ink's design and indulge in Dripp's yummy products. I am excited to see my design come to life!

Can't wait to go there, myself, and photograph my experience!

My Design Life - Dripp Steam & Cream Cafe

Dripp will be the second completed project of my Davis Ink Ltd. career. I am in love with this project because of its rawness + industrial elements and I am absolutely infatuated with reclaimed wood!

Dripp is located at the Shoppes of Chino Hills in Chino Hills, CA. Their product is very unique, if you've been to one of the Intelligentsia Coffee shops in Los Angeles, this place has similar attributes. They utilize a Japanese slow drip technique, where each cup is brewed one at a time, to order, using specialty-roasted, ground daily coffees and espressos from all over the world. And for those of you with a major sweet tooth, like me, they will have specialty made-to-order ice cream sandwiches.

I can't wait to see the finished design, but for now here are some teaser photos from my visit to the job site (taken with my Driod Phone).

Exterior View / Plans

Reused Gym Lockers for Product Display / Restroom walls minus penny round tiles

Reclaimed wood everywhere!!!! 

Beginnings of the stairs to the mezzanine & rope detail