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Creating word art gifts for students is not a new idea. However, the idea continues to circulate because, well, it’s a terrific gift idea! It’s quick, easy, and you can customize the gift for each individual student. The best part? You can do this for each student for the cost of a photo frame! I originally wrote this post in… Read More
Who loves GarageBand for iPad! Me, me, me! I’m new at using it in my studio in 2017, and once I learned how easy it is to use, I wanted to share with you what I’ve learned so you can enjoy the benefits too! I have been using the preset instruments (GarageBand refers to them as “Smart” instruments) to create… Read More
Hi friends! Have you noticed that dice and googly eyes seem to be incredibly popular right now in teaching circles? I’ve seen several great blog posts using one or the other lately! Here’s a really easy tutorial, plus teaching tips, to show you how to combine the two into a fabulous teaching tool and make your own googly eye dice!… Read More
I’m working very hard on branding my business right now to create a cohesive and beautiful look that is really “me”, and while most of my branding is almost done, there was a major “little” loose end that I needed to tackle. I kept putting it off, but it was bugging me that I hadn’t competed it, so I jumped in and… Read More
Who loves worksheets? I do! I love creating worksheets for my students, and I love using those worksheets as well as ones I have purchased from Teachers Pay Teachers on my iPad during piano lessons! If you create your own worksheets, there are a few different ways you can get them onto your iPad, but that isn’t what this tutorial… Read More
My name is Melody, and I’m totally obsessed with emojis! 😍 🎉 💕 🙌🏻 I’m guessing I’m not alone…. Right? What’s an emoji? We use them all the time, but may not really know what they are. An emoji is “a small digital image or icon used to express an idea, emotion, etc., in electronic communication”. That is the Google search definition. Here’s what they… Read More
What are advanced font features? Advanced font features include all the little extras that a font includes. Those extras can be multiple versions of the same letter or character that can be used to replace specific characters in your document. They can be called different names: swashes or ligatures or glyphs, and they’re the extra strokes you’ll notice on many script fonts, such… Read More
