With Mother’s Day approaching this weekend, many of us may still be trying to find the perfect way to show mom all of the appreciation she deserves.

Well, blogger Toni Spilsbury is offering a Davison-designed solution for moms who love to cook on her blog, “The Busy Mom’s Guide to Making Dinner.  Saving Time.  Saving Money.”

The “Mothers Who Love to Cook Gift Guide” post features our client (mother and grandmother!) Jean’s idea, the Meatball Baker!

Spilsbury calls her gift list, which features several innovative cooking items, the “best of the web for that special mom” and says that she “personally hand-picked each of [the] fabulous items as something [she] would love to receive.”

Specifically, Spilsbury says the Meatball Baker is a “brilliant baking pan [that] produces beautiful meatballs.”

She even mentions Jean’s innovative thinking when she says, “This product was invented by a mom who got tired of having her meatballs fall apart.”

Also making Spilsbury’s list were other big-name kitchen brands like Le Crueset, Pyrex and Cuisinart.

Jean’s Meatball Baker was licensed by Chicago Metallic and currently sells there for $21.99.

So, if you’re still trying to decide how to pamper your mom this Mother’s Day, consider doing it the Davison-designed way!  

A typical project does not get a royalty agreement, sell in stores or generate a profit.

Just as we were preparing to release tonight’s “Dare to Invent” webisode, we opened up the pages of a local publication and read all about it! 

Nestled in the pages of “The Horse Trader,” you can find Mr. Davison, our client, Joseph, (inventor of the Silicone Dessert Bar Pan), plus a brief article about our innovative method and some of our featured inventors!

The same article also appears online at the “San Diego NewsCape” and “Ingenious Ideas,” and even includes some “Dare to…” tips for prospective inventors:

“Dare to Take Action:  Do your research to see if there is already something similar on the market.

Dare to Share:  Share your idea with others. A nondisclosure or confidentiality agreement will protect you from having your idea stolen.

Dare to Evaluate:  Evaluate your idea honestly and think about how to market the product.

Dare to Ideate:  Shape your creation with sketches, illustrations and photos.

Dare to Leave a Paper Trail:  Use a notebook to write down all your ideas.”

Finally, the article encourages all readers to Dare to… Watch our innovative webisode series!  This week’s episode, the third in our series, features Joseph Springer and his Silicone Dessert Bar Pan.  It’s live NOW on YouTube or through a link at Davison.com!

Watch “Dare to Invent” now!

A typical client project is not licensed, sold in stores or profitable.

Tell one, tell all… today marks the start of something very new and very exciting here at Davison!  Tonight, we begin our Dare to Invent webisode series!!

The innovative, new 12 episode series will showcase Davison clients and their inventions… from product inception to licensing and beyond!

The very first Dare to Invent episode features Colorado inventor, Joy, and her Party on the Go!  Mr. Davison and several other members of our creative team are also featured in the interactive video clip, which tells the story of how the Party on the Go came to be.

According to Mr. Davison, the first episode is especially moving, because it allows viewers to watch Joy, a hopeful inventor, recognize her dream.

“Everyone got to see the end of the dream, the fulfillment of the dream – receiving her first big check,” said Mr. Davison.

The episode is live right now and you can tune in to watch on YouTube or through a link on Davison.com!

After the Dare to Invent series debut, a new episode is to be released every other week!

For a behind-the-scenes sneak peak, we’ve showcased some photos from the video shoot; but, be sure to tune in to watch the entire Dare to Invent episode now!

A typical client project is not licensed, sold in stores or profitable.

With the latest Davison-designed bakeware, your cup can runneth over, literally!

Check out these awesome, new Silicone Cookie Bowls being designed for Xtraordinary Home Products: 

Currently being produced in festive pumpkin and heart shapes, the cookie bowls can be filled with fruit, pudding, ice cream… just about anything delicious!

According to our Vice President of Licensing, the bowls are just the latest Davison client product that is turning into an entire line!

“The cookie bowls started with the original round version and [are] now taking a similar path as the Silicone Dessert Bar Pan, by branching off into holiday themes.  Look for the product to air on QVC in the first quarter of 2012,” said our Vice President of Licensing.

We can’t wait to see what delicious shapes we can fill up and devour next!  Congratulations to everyone who has worked on this D-licious designs!

The client has not made a net profit on this product. A typical project does not get a royalty agreement, sell in stores or generate a profit. 

Just in time for the holiday season, bird is the word for the latest spin-off of a Davison-designed cooking item.  The Silicone Dessert Bar Pan is now talkin’ turkey!

At an industry trade show in July, XHP President Scott Nicholson predicted the Silicone Dessert Bar Pan would have a “great line-up for the future.”  That prediction included a certain silicone bake pan shaped like a turkey and… that prediction is now coming true!

Originally, our client, Joseph, came to us with an idea for a brownie pan that would allow soft, chewy edges on every brownie.  Working with Joseph, our design team created the Silicone Dessert Bar Pan, which quickly became a runaway success, selling on QVC and in stores like Bed Bath & Beyond and Kitchen Collection.

According to our Vice President of Licensing, the Turkey Cakelette Pan with Stencil is the latest spin-off of the popular Davison-designed product.

“It’s another item [for] our client, Joseph, and continues his success story of how one product can change the game,” said the Vice President of Licensing.

Following the initial success of Joseph’s Silicone Dessert Bar Pan, holiday and Disney-themed pans quickly followed.

Perched with a bird’s-eye-view from store shelves this fall, the silicone Turkey Cakelette Pan with Stencil provides a fun, new way to personalize holiday treats for family and friends.

Currently, the Turkey Cakelette Pan with Stencil is available at Amazon.com, Sur La Table and at Chicago Metallic online.

A typical project does not get a royalty agreement, sell in stores or generate a profit.

The entire line of Swingers by Swing Away, the super innovative collapsing kitchen utensils that we created for Xtraordinary Home Products, is now on the market! The 18 utensils are selling online as well as in brick-and-mortar stores; all of them are available at American Hospitality Supply (a sampling is shown above) and many are also being tested in Bed Bath & Beyond stores! In addition, select items are on the shelves of Keystone Housewares, a specialty store in Central PA.

The line offers the convenience of full-size utensils but they take up much less storage space – and who couldn’t use more storage space in their kitchen!? Most of the utensils open and close via a hidden locking mechanism and can be used with handles folded or extended; when extended, they lock securely in place, and then unlock with the push of a button. The innovative products started with a single spatula design with XHP. Then Focus, XHP’s parent company, got involved and the product was expanded into an entire line. The collaboration involved all three companies, with the design and brainstorming led by Davison’s corporate design team.

All the products are highly innovative, but two of the “neatest ones of the whole group” are among the newest to hit the market – the can opener and cork screw, said Jason, the design manager. The Swingers Can Opener has an ergonomic grip and an offset crank, which adds “a lot more leverage” to the tool, so it’s much easier to use than standard can openers. The crank folds up compactly into the tool, so it also saves on space.

Most corkscrews are bulky, a pain to store and take up a lot of space in the kitchen drawers, said the design manager. Not this one. The Swingers Corkscrew is sleek, with an ergonomic grip, a safely retracted screw, and handles that are flush with the body when not in use. The eye-catching tool, which resembles a human figure, can even be stored standing on a shelf, Jason said.

“It’s cool enough; it looks neat and has a nice design.” 

Consumers are sure to agree! Congratulations to the entire team on an innovative new line that likely will be another big hit for Davison and our corporate clients.

Check out all the other Swingers on our product pages!

• Ladle

• Pasta Spoon

• Pastry Brush

• Potato Masher

• Silicone Spatula

• Skimmer

• Slotted Spoon

• Slotted Turner

• Large Slotted Turner

• Spoon

• Spoonula

• Turner

• Whisk

• Measuring Cups

• Measuring Spoons

• Ice Cream Scoop

The latest issue of HomeWorld Business magazine, the leading business-to-business publication for the housewares industry, features many of the hottest innovations unveiled at the 2011 International Home + Housewares Show — including several products designed by Davison!

In the Sunday Show Daily edition, a full-page article  on new bakeware options includes the Surprise Filled Dessert Pan, created by our corporate team, and two client products — the Silicone Dessert Bar Pan and the Perfect Portion Petite Dessert Pan. The latter is the newest in the Davison-designed silicone bakeware line and is great for creating perfectly sized treats. All three pans have been picked up by Chicago Metallic, as has the entire silicone line. CM is ”a great brand that’s been around for a long time and that has access to all major retailers and everyone in between,” said Davison’s VP of Licensing.
In addition, the Fill-N-Grill stuffed burger maker that we created for Xtraordinary Home Products is featured in the new Gadgets & Kitchen Tools section of the HomeWorld Business issue covering the IHH show.

The handy Fill-N-Grill, which came out of a brainstorming session by our corporate team, makes creating custom burgers filled with mouthwatering ingredients quick, easy and mess free — no wonder the editors included it in the special issue!

Click on the images to view the great articles!

The Silicone Dessert Bar Pan had its big QVC debut this week, and it appears to have done very well. Popular host Chris Freytag presented the product during the “Kitchen Unlimited with Carolyn” show. Chris loved the fact the pan remains cool to the touch and the treats pop right out. The fitness guru also added a ‘healthy eating angle’ to the product and even included a collection of her own recipes for healthy treats!

“That was pretty cool,” said Joseph, the inventor of the 2010 Davison Product of the Year. “I thought the presentation was very good, and that was very nice of Chris Freytag to include the recipes … She did a super job; I don’t think they could have done a better job with it.”

The presentation showed a pan of the treat that inspired his idea, chewy-edge brownies, as well as many other sweet and savory baked goods, including cornbread, quiche, gingerbread, carrot cake, macaroni and cheese loaves, and mini meatloaves.

Our client also liked the new product colors – blue and red. He even called to order a set of pans for his wife, Rhonda, a nurse, so she could give them as gifts to her aides at work. The QVC personnel he spoke with told him that the pan “did very well.” Hopefully we’ll learn just how well in the coming days, so stay tuned!

Click on the button above, then on the arrow to see the video presentation on QVC.com; and spread the word about this awesome new product that would make a wonderful gift for the bakers on anyone’s Christmas list!

The Healthy Steps product line we conceived in collaboration with Jokari is now on the market! The new kitchen items are designed to help individuals learn how to be healthier and live a lifestyle of wellness. The innovative utensils and tools help control portion sizes and make preparing wholesome foods at home easier.

The new products are: 1. Avocado Pro 2. Butter Pro 3. Cheese Grater 4. Flavor Savers 5. Fruit Pops 6. Ice Cream Scoop 7. Pasta Basket 8. Produce Pro 9. Produce Saver 10. Protein Server 11. Serving Ladle 12. Serving Set 13. Spoon Rest 14. Starch Server 15. Total Tea Infuser
16. Vegetable Server

The line came out of a brainstorming meeting with the corporation, which wanted to develop products that could enable people to live healthier lifestyles by helping them be conscious of portion sizes and also steering them toward healthier foods. Our corporate design team and the executives brainstormed over a two-day period about all the new product ideas.

“It’s an awesome thing to see a huge line of products hit the market all at the same time,” said the design manager. “Just to see it come to fruition is really cool. That’s what we do this for.”

The attractive and user-friendly products are sure to attract the attention of health-conscious consumers. Congratulations to everyone who worked on this awesome new product line!

The Meatball Baker and the Party on the Go that we created for our clients, Jean and Joy, are featured in the Mother’s Day Kitchen Gift Guide on “Once a Month Mom.” The popular website is full of tips for busy moms, including how to cook a month’s worth of meals in one day. The site states the Meatball Baker is “a HUGE time saver” and the Party on the Go is “a great gift for the mom who likes to take food to others.” Check out the great reviews of our products, which are listed 9th and 10th under “Gadgets /Tools.” The Meatball Baker also will be given as a prize in the website’s Mother’s Day Kitchen Gift Guide giveaway! For anyone interested in entering to win one of the featured products, here are the contest rules. There are sure to be many happy winners, and many more fans of Davison products!