In this episode of the monthly podcast: Unboxing the recently-arrived award that YouTube sends to creators as they cross the 100,000 subscriber threshhold. Unless you’re Sandy Allnock, in which case you get it after another 60,000 subscribers. Grrr!

I had to do my own legwork to find out what happened. Every few years I got a bee in my bonnet and would try to reach out to them, but to little avail; I was always told there “must have been something wrong with my channel” because the process is automatic. But this fall I found someone willing to escalate it to higher ups, and I received the box in early November.

The unboxing was saved til now since I knew I’d be making changes - and looking at the box just made me more mad by the day about how YouTube treats video makers. They want us to jump hoops, yet never tell us when a yawning canyon is opening beneath our feet, filled with alligators. Alas. It’s free, so I guess we don’t get to complain.

The list of YouTube channels and social media sites is as follows….you may already be following some of them, as a few are repurposing ones that I hope won’t be adversely affected by zombies!

Thank you for not just subscribing, but committing to, at least for a few months, watching videos fully through, and leaving likes and comments. That should get the channels started on a good foot!

WATERCOLOR (WET MEDIA):

* INSTA @sandyallnockwatercolor (my old sandyallnockfineart page)

* FACEBOOK SandyAllnockWatercolor (my old Art Classes Facebook page)

* YOUTUBE Sandy Paints (new)

DRAWING (DRY MEDIA):

* YOUTUBE Sandy Draws (new)

* INSTA @sandyallnockdraws (new)

* FACEBOOK Sandy Allnock Draws (new)

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Have a HAPPY and SAFE New Years Celebration!! See you in 2026!!!

Sandy

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