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Yearly Business Review: Costume Design in Studio Davina

This year I re-opened my costume shop for business. My aim was to build-up a nest-egg to fund the purchase of materials and supplies for my next big book project.  So I planned to make a costume each month during…

Yearly Business Review: 3 Books & a Magazine

As I work on my year-end review, I’m taking a moment today to reflect on my recent publishing projects. Unbelievably, I’ve released 3 books and a magazine in the last 14 months! The small changes I made to my schedule…

Yearly Business Review: 3 Top Productivity Strategies

As I work through my annual end of year business review, a process that takes a few weeks each December, I analyze my profitability and productivity. This year, I realized that several small changes I made last January, yielded the biggest…

Assiut Costuming & Studio Davina

Happy Holidays! It’s the season when I begin to conduct an end of the year review for my business. This year, I was involved with a whole bunch of new projects and I rediscovered some old loves. The review process…

“5 Layers” class on The Belly Dance Business Academy

This fall has been such an exciting time in Studio Davina!  The past three months have been a flurry of activity.  I’ve been working on  lots of new projects, publications, and a few  beautiful costumes on my workbench!  It’s been a…