With Love, Kristina

Hi friends! HELP ME DECIDE FOR MY NEXT VIDEO.

So I did a big ooops moment and surpassed this corner with green I meant to only paint on one wall. However I kind of love it?? so if I paint the entire room green… what do we do with the formerly green door??? Paint it cream? Paint it the same green? Something else?

Please vote 😅😆

Meanwhile I’m going to uhhh

Get more paint I guess

(If you’re wondering how I accidentally painted past the corner… listen. I was on autopilot listening to ‪@underatinroof‬ voice note me about fun things and I DID NOT THINK OK 🤣 we will blame Kayla for… ultimately a great paint decision tbh)

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1 month ago (edited) | [YT] | 461

With Love, Kristina

Hi dear friends! I wanted to share some insight into the next few videos on my channel - because I have been accepting more sponsors than I normally do, and do NOT wish for my channel or videos to come off as "I'm just here to sell you things."

Over the summer, our already old car began to break down (no air conditioning, issues with the engine, etc). Fixing what's wrong with it would cost more than we spent on the car. Aside from starting to break down, it's also just not quite big enough for our family, especially if we travel to see my family who are all out of state, and we've been needing an upgrade for a while! However, I don't believe in going into debt for a new car. We do always purchase used, but even then, anything new enough to be reliable and suit our family costs... quite a lot. As you all probably know!

SO... for the month of September at *least*, I will be posting FOUR videos, and each will have a sponsor. I have been working hard planning content I think you all will love, and I am SO excited to up my videos for a little while (to be honest, if I can keep it up I'd love to continue making more videos each month!)

I want to make it SO clear that I never, ever accept sponsors I wouldn't utilize outside of sponsorships, and I feel lucky that three of the four are companies I already use! (and the other one is a company I've actually been eyeing for almost a year now, but their product is on the more expensive side.) I understand if it feels like my channel is getting a bit ad-heavy.

I am also still figuring out how to gracefully integrate my book here and there in my videos, and got (very valid!) feedback on my last video that with the book and then the ad, it felt like way too much. Which I agree with! But, most people don't watch to the end of my videos, and most sponsors require I put an integration within the first 0-33% or first 5 minutes of a video. So... ya know. I'm trying to work it out <3

My hope is that eventually, I will not have to accept sponsors when my views get to a place where just adsense (the ads YouTube plays over my videos) is enough. I had a brief taste of what that could be like last year after a video went viral, but since then my views have leveled out and while we are finally at a place where we can survive comfortably, we have had to fix a few things around the house (the septic system being a big one if y'all remember!) and have had some personal medical and dental issues, so our savings just isn't there yet!

ANYWAY. This is a lot of technical behind-the-scenes talk, but I wanted to give you all a little insight into why I've been accepting more sponsors lately, and why it may feel like there are more than usual -- but hopefully you all enjoy the extra videos in September and it will be worth your while <3

As always, I hope you are all feeling safe and loved wherever you are in the world.

With Love,
Kristina

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With Love, Kristina

A new video is up! A little late due to some background timing but I really love this one and hope you will too 💖💖💖

I hope you are all having a beautiful week!
With love,
Kristina

2 months ago | [YT] | 176

With Love, Kristina

Hi friends! I am considering leaving my next video narration-free, and with captions only, for a cozy "come follow me around my week" vibes. I have noticed the less voiceover there is, often the better my videos do (which is fine!) and as I continue to make content I've been loving the calm that comes with just letting the sounds of my house and activities filter through.

I love adding voiceover, but I also see a big trend of JUST sounds + music, which I also love! So what do y'all prefer?

2 months ago | [YT] | 324

With Love, Kristina

Hi friends! There are two days left to preorder my book through Afterglow Books! afterglowbooksco.com/products/the-devil-and-the-mi…

I have been BLOWN AWAY by the preorders people are making through her - it's more than either of us expected! So much so, I have to order a second set of stickers and bookmarks to send her way! If you have preordered, whether it be through Afterglow or ANYWHERE online, thank you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart, I am sooo honored and humbled and in tears by this experience and how positive it has been.

Y'all are making 9 year old Kristina's writer dreams come true and I'm so thankful.

(there will be many more signed copy opportunities in the future, once I have time to set something up on my own website! So if you miss this one, don't worry!)

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2 months ago | [YT] | 548

With Love, Kristina

Hi friends! SUPER SUPER important announcement that I couldn't get into my last video! Afterglow Books is running a super special preorder incentive with me to get a paperback copy of your book with a signed bookplate from me as well as a bookmark and sticker!

So if you would like to: support an indie bookstore, get a book with a signed bookplate (a lil sticker with my signature inside the book since they're in NY and I'm in WA) and some preorder goodies go order by July 25th afterglowbooksco.com/products/the-devil-and-the-mi…

AHHHHH!!!

2 months ago | [YT] | 464

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Come spend the day with me! I thought I'd share some of the things I do as I write (and there's a super exciting announcement in this video!) and I hope you all enjoy it!

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