Ok, for reals this time

So, here's the deal:

 i am a 55-year-old female, who did NOT grow up with computers. i am getting EXTREMELY FRUSTRATED with my inability to upload pictures to this thing. . . yes i am. i have been trying and trying, reading things and it's just not working. 

 at this point, i'm waiting for my husband to figure it out. i am a "learn by doing" kind o gal. if you can't SHOW ME it's probably not happening. this is why Youtube was created for people like me. Yes, it was. i can actually SEE what all y'all are doing. thus, i can ink blend. i can stencil. i can diecut. i can emboss. i can inlay. i can watercolor now. i can make an amazing number of seriously cool cards folded an amazing number of ways. my dies are stored in the CUTEST LIL BOXES EVAH. 

 i can't upload a picture on here to save my life. 

 i decided yesterday that shouldn't matter. if there's one thing i've learned in all my years it's that being EXACTLY WHO WE ARE is encouraging to other people. so on here, every even-numbered day, i'm going to write something. about something. because, i can. because there's a lot i want to say and if it doesn't look professional yet, well, as my friend Olivia Howard of Mane Message (check out her hair stuff on Etsy, people - and her vlogs on Youtube. Talk about an amazingly strong woman with a great compassionate presence) says, it gives you something to look back on. 

 until then, today is ALSO the day i upload my first HIGHLY UNPROFESSIONAL video to my Youtube channel for Papercrafts by Cindyellen. that's some pictures for ya!!! LOL. 

 Peace, Joy, Creativity, 

 Cindyellen 

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