Tabitha at Epicycle Designs

My name's Tabitha, nice to meet you! I am a stay-at-home wife and mother that has grown her hobby of making polymer clay board game pieces into a business. The first question always is, what's an epicycle? Simple, actually -- a tiny circle on a larger circle. An ancient astonomer, Ptolemy, used epicycles to explain the motion of the planets. Though circles are very simple, the project of describing the huge planet's motions with those simple circles worked surprisingly well. I've found that it sometimes it takes simple things like circles to remind us of the big things, like the planets. It's a lofty goal, but I'd like my little teeny-tiny game pieces to remind people of some of the really important stuff in life -- friends, family, and having fun. Creatively, I am highly inspired by my grandmother, who taught me how to crochet, weave, sew, and bake bread and cookies at a young age. Spiritually, Jesus is my all-in-all and sustains me both in daily life as well as in my creative endeavors. In all the rest of life, my husband is my love forever, my inspiration, my source of strength. He deploys often as a Navy pilot, and working on things for this shop helps get me through some of the boredom and loneliness that comes with having him gone. But we always look forward to playing games together again!