Hello Everyone,,

Ragan is doing so much better. There were a few really scary moments but this week she is doing beautifully.

She was born on March 14th and has been in the PICU at Johns Hopkins since March 21.  Here is a photo taken today but it was taken from the other side of the window because Ragan's mommy and daddy have a stomach virus and can't go inside.  She is more active today then she has ever been.  Check out her lil clenched toes - she does that all the time it's so cute.



Here is a video of Ragan taken yesterday and it includes a little tour of where Krystina (my daughter) has been staying



We would LOVE for you to click 'like' on our Team Ragan Page on Facebook

We are also trying to raise some funds to help with expenses.  Here is her Fund Raising Page.




A donation of 25.00 or more will get you a hand made necklace.  You can either choose a design/color or a sports team.  Here are a few samples:



Thank you - I hope to return to crafting real soon.  Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers!


Hugs and Happiness!

Hello my crafty friends.

As some of you know we have been dealing with the health of our brand new grand daughter Ragan.

Ragan was born at 11:29am on March 14th weighing a petite 5lbs 5oz and 18" long. She was healthy and we were so blessed.

On her 3rd day home (3/21) which was the day AFTER her first well baby check up, my 23yo daughter Krystina went to wake her up because she missed a feeding and Ragan was blue.  They called 911 and she was raced to St. Agnes Hospital in Baltimore (thankfully my sister is a Ped's nurse at that hospital but she was not on that day) and after an initial assessment they transferred Ragan to Johns Hopkins Childrens Center in Baltimore where she remains in Pediatric Intensive Care.

We have had many ups and downs, good days and bad days.  Ragan was diagnosed with RSV which is common in babies. Because of her low weight and she was two weeks early, she is having a very difficult time getting through it. She was on a ventilator for about 10 days and they removed it yesterday around noon. She did beautifully!  She was breathing on her own, nice and pink and up to 7 pounds. We were so stinking happy!  But just 12 hours later her xray showed a cloud of white on one of her lungs that were just 12 hours earlier completely clear.

We continue to fight the fight. We pray, we send good thoughts, lots of love and all the support and encouragement we can.   Please click on the photo below to see it larger. Then could you post it on your blogs, or send it via email, facebook, etc so we can spread the word?  Below is text I sent along with it on facebook.

Thank you all - every single act of support (kind words, prayers, forwarding this, donations, etc) are appreciated with every single ounce of our hearts.

Cards of encouragement and prayers can be sent to:

Krystina Taylor
Tangee Wilson
25 Clara Circle
Glen Burnie MD 21060

Donation information can be found on Team Ragan  www.facebook.com/teamragan

Please share this on your pages. Please ask your friends to do the same. Ragan is still fighting this RSV and having major issues. May be back on ventilator in just a little bit. We want to get the word out. The more prayers, thoughts, words of encouragement, hugs and support these young (23 year old) parents get are most appreciated. Ragan has been in Pediatric ICU at Johns Hopkins Childrens center for 22 days now. The medical costs are astronomical but the day to day costs of transportation, gas, parking and food have wiped them out. Donation information is on her page if anyone is inclined. More importantly just clicking 'like' is showing support which is a major form of comfort for all of us who love Ragan. Ragan has only been in her own crib for 3 days of her life, we don't know when she will come home but we are confident we will bring this lil one home again someday. Thank you all.

Hey everyone :)

I have been busy so far this year - just 3 weeks in and it's been crazy.  The Flu hit our house and just as that was on it's way out I get an infection spread across 4 teeth - just now starting to feel better and tomorrow it's Dentist day with root canals and crowns YIPES!

Anyway - I wanted to share what I did to my craft room.  I'm digging it and have been spending a bunch of time in there the last few days.  First I wanna share the before pictures:



This is what my desktop looked like the day after Christmas.  How insane is that?

The next photo shows my paper area - all those bags on the floor is stuff I was going to alter or use for Christmas.  Yeah, that worked out well.

 Here we have a shot of where I sit.  I am surprised I could even move.

A look at my desk from my point of view while sitting.  Chaotic don'tcha think?


This is under my desk - that colorful rolly thingy holds a lot of stamping stuffs.  And then on the right is my alterables cabinet and shelf of 'stuff' that I can't find a home for


 Remember you can click on the photo's to see the larger photo.  Some questions I get are
1. "What are your cutters sitting on?  That is actually a rolling Microwave cart with a wooden top.  These were sold at Target many many moons ago but I checked yesterday online and both Walmart & Target carry them.  VERY handy.  I just roll it over to my desk  and can have them all going at once :)
2. Where did you get the cat tree?  LOL Got that from somewhere on line in 08 when one of our cats lost her front leg and had issues climbing - as you can see the cissel rope is coming off and we have to get some new stuffs but they love it!
3.  Just how big is that desk?  The desk is 6x4.  Very very comfortable for 2 crafters to spread out. Each corner is 2 Cubes from Michaels and they are sitting on the wheel trays (also from Michaels) so a total of 8 cubes and the top is Melemie (spelling eek!) from Michaels, 25.00 and they cut off 2 feet for me. Sits right on top and didn't even anchor it.
4. Where did you get that that wall desk/unit.  My dad made that when I was 12 for mom. The cut out in the center is actually for a window in the room he built it for.






And this is what I have been working on and will do a future post telling you all about it.  You'll love it!

Finally - GO RAVENS!


Hugs and Happiness!



Those of you that need to see more - I made a video YAY!