{"id":10490,"date":"2024-12-13T12:23:49","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T20:23:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/?p=10490"},"modified":"2025-01-03T13:39:27","modified_gmt":"2025-01-03T21:39:27","slug":"november-patreon-offerings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/2024\/12\/november-patreon-offerings\/","title":{"rendered":"December 2024 Patreon Offerings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello my friends in belly dance and costume. Welcome to the Studio Davina December Patreon Classes, Demos and Workshops.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"580\" height=\"327\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/_AOVCa1oDgQ?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m almost entirely back on my feet after struggling through an illness.\u00a0 I&#8217;m a one-woman shop here at Studio Davina. I really appreciate all my friends, fans, and followers on Patreon for giving me the grace to heal.<\/p>\n<p>My classes, demos, and workshops are all located over on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/davinadevine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Patreon.<\/a> I offer three monthly informational and instructional demos\/talks along with a free informal coffee chat<\/p>\n<p>Subscribing is like buying a monthly class card to study with me. Best part, for less the cost of three cups of coffee, you can gain access to everything.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_10493\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-10493\" style=\"width: 1050px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/davinadevine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10493\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/2024\/12\/november-patreon-offerings\/screenshot-2024-12-13-at-11-52-21-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-13-at-11.52.21\u202fAM.png?fit=1050%2C589&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1050,589\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2024-12-13 at 11.52.21\u202fAM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;November 2024 &amp;#8211; Classes, Demos, and Workshops with Studio Davina &amp;#8211; https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/davinadevine &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-13-at-11.52.21\u202fAM.png?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-13-at-11.52.21\u202fAM.png?fit=580%2C325&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"wp-image-10493 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-13-at-11.52.21\u202fAM.png?resize=580%2C325&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-13-at-11.52.21\u202fAM.png?w=1050&amp;ssl=1 1050w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-13-at-11.52.21\u202fAM.png?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-13-at-11.52.21\u202fAM.png?resize=1024%2C574&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-13-at-11.52.21\u202fAM.png?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-13-at-11.52.21\u202fAM.png?resize=768%2C431&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-10493\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">November 2024 &#8211; Classes, Demos, and Workshops with Studio Davina &#8211; https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/davinadevine<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 class=\"p1\">December Patreon Offerings:<\/h3>\n<ul class=\"ul1\">\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Free Coffee Chat<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; Click the Video Above to Watch!<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Show and Tell<\/b>\u00a0$3 &#8211; Level \u00d6zel&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/ozel-turkbas-in-117913153\"><span class=\"s2\">&#8220;The Belly Dancer in You&#8221; <\/span><\/a>Book flip and biographical information about this legendary Turkish belly dance star.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>Sewing and Design Demo<\/b>\u00a0$7 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/costume-and-117911809\"><span class=\"s2\">Shalimar&#8217;s &#8220;Blue Mermaid&#8221; part 1<\/span><\/a>\u00a0&#8211; The origin story, planning, and the costume in motion.<\/li>\n<li class=\"li1\"><b>History Talks $15<\/b>\u00a0&#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/posts\/recent-research-117910894\"><span class=\"s2\">&#8220;Recent Research&#8221;<\/span><\/a>\u00a0&#8211; Check out some of my latest finds and historical connections.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>If you are reading this in the future, all of these presentations are available in the Patreon archive.\u00a0 Just click through and flip through the collections or use a quick search by title or keywords to find the video you want.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/davinadevine\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10495\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/2024\/12\/november-patreon-offerings\/screenshot-2024-12-13-at-12-17-47-pm\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-13-at-12.17.47\u202fPM.png?fit=765%2C309&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"765,309\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2024-12-13 at 12.17.47\u202fPM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-13-at-12.17.47\u202fPM.png?fit=300%2C121&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-13-at-12.17.47\u202fPM.png?fit=580%2C234&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10495\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-13-at-12.17.47\u202fPM.png?resize=580%2C234&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"580\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-13-at-12.17.47\u202fPM.png?w=765&amp;ssl=1 765w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-13-at-12.17.47\u202fPM.png?resize=300%2C121&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-13-at-12.17.47\u202fPM.png?resize=150%2C61&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Patreon: What&#8217;s up Next?\u00a0 December 2024<\/h3>\n<p>Patreon classes are released during the last week of the month.\u00a0 In December, this is sometime between Christmas and New Years.\u00a0 Watch for topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Coffee Chat<\/strong> &#8211; Studio reorganization, destashing project, and plans for 2025<\/li>\n<li><strong>Book Flip<\/strong> &#8211; &#8220;Style File&#8221; a breakdown of what is moving to &#8220;Costuming from the Hip: 30&#8221; and what is not making the cut.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Sewing Demo<\/strong> &#8211; Shalimar&#8217;s &#8220;Blue Mermaid&#8221; &#8211; Building the master to:do list, order of construction, shopping my stash, appliqu\u00e9 design and planning.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Belly Dance History Talk<\/strong> &#8211; New Series Starting &#8220;Dancing Down the Midway: 1893&#8221; &#8211; In Part 1 we are setting the stage, discussing the venues where patrons of the fair could see cultural performances.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I&#8217;m very happy to be back on my feet!<br \/>\nBut I&#8217;m simply over the moon to be back at my desk working.<\/p>\n<p>Thank you for your continued support of my work in belly dance costuming and history.\u00a0 Happy holidays!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Dawn Devine ~ Davina<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Dec. 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/2024\/12\/belly-dance-costume-blue-mermaid\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"10472\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/2024\/12\/belly-dance-costume-blue-mermaid\/shalimar-davina-bluemermaid\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Shalimar-Davina-BlueMermaid.jpg?fit=864%2C939&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"864,939\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;1.9&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 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height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Shalimar-Davina-BlueMermaid.jpg?w=864&amp;ssl=1 864w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Shalimar-Davina-BlueMermaid.jpg?resize=276%2C300&amp;ssl=1 276w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Shalimar-Davina-BlueMermaid.jpg?resize=138%2C150&amp;ssl=1 138w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Shalimar-Davina-BlueMermaid.jpg?resize=768%2C835&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 580px) 100vw, 580px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/2024\/12\/november-patreon-offerings\/\"><img width=\"150\" height=\"84\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-13-at-11.52.21\u202fAM.png?fit=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft tfe wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-13-at-11.52.21\u202fAM.png?w=1050&amp;ssl=1 1050w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-13-at-11.52.21\u202fAM.png?resize=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-13-at-11.52.21\u202fAM.png?resize=1024%2C574&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-13-at-11.52.21\u202fAM.png?resize=150%2C84&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-13-at-11.52.21\u202fAM.png?resize=768%2C431&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" data-attachment-id=\"10493\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/2024\/12\/november-patreon-offerings\/screenshot-2024-12-13-at-11-52-21-am\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-13-at-11.52.21\u202fAM.png?fit=1050%2C589&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1050,589\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Screenshot 2024-12-13 at 11.52.21\u202fAM\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;November 2024 &amp;#8211; Classes, Demos, and Workshops with Studio Davina &amp;#8211; https:\/\/www.patreon.com\/davinadevine &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-13-at-11.52.21\u202fAM.png?fit=300%2C168&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-13-at-11.52.21\u202fAM.png?fit=580%2C325&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a><p>Hello my friends in belly dance and costume. Welcome to the Studio Davina December Patreon Classes, Demos and Workshops. I&#8217;m almost entirely back on my feet after struggling through an illness.\u00a0 I&#8217;m a one-woman shop here at Studio Davina. I really appreciate all my friends, fans, and followers on Patreon for giving me the grace [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10493,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/Screenshot-2024-12-13-at-11.52.21\u202fAM.png?fit=1050%2C589&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2YZtR-2Jc","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10490","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10490"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10490\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10501,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10490\/revisions\/10501"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10490"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10490"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.davina.us\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10490"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}