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hello there.

Well, whaddya wanna know?  Here's the plain and simple truth:  My name is Rebekah Tennis and I love design.  I love paper, the way it feels, its weight and texture.  I love extra special touches on little things: homemade tags on gift-wrap, old stamps on an envelope, and twine on nearly everything.

My husband, business partner and all-around solid rock Matt would probably tell you that he likes tools - lots of 'em, finding the perfect way to do something, taking things apart, and precision in everything. 

So you might as well have guessed by now... we are the perfect match for an old letterpress studio. Together we farm rice and have a small but adorable three-year old son, Cameron, and a chubby one year old, Lance.  This keeps us fairly busy, but whenever we have a spare moment, we crank up our 102 year old Chandler and Price platen press and pull some prints. 

There's more, oh yes, there IS more - but that's what this blog is for.  Take a look around, get to know us, our great town of Chico, California and our beautiful presses.


Category Archives: Locally Grown

creek walking.

It’s been a hot week here in Chico, CA. Summer is here in full force! This weekend is Slice of Chico (free watermelon and a sidewalk sale? sign me up!)… we plan to go, and we also plan to do some creek walking: and tree climbing… And splashing, of course: Two little boys + one...

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daytrippin’: vina & new clairvaux.

One of the things Matt and I have always loved to do together is take day trips. When we lived in Sacramento one of our favorites was to drive up to Sutter Creek and meander back home, driving through Dry Town and stopping at the Davis Ranch in Sloughhouse, truly a lovely little bit of...

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{ happy weekend }

Sorry for the quiet this week… we were away for a bit for our anniversary (rice work means we celebrate it one month early) and then both of us have had the most miserable cold/cough/fever/chills/dizzy-as-I’ll-get-out sickness thingy. May you not have it wished on you by your worst enemy. In a bit of weekend news...

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welcome to wild ink press, elizabeth!

We are so pleased to announce that we found the perfect studio assistant/guru. When we put out our little notice for hire, we had no idea we would receive more than one dozen completely qualified applicants for the jobs! We’re talking enthusiastic, interesting, loaded with a design degree… Thank you all so much for your...

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z & v olive oil { 2011 }

We had the pleasure of designing and printing the limited edition Christmas Olive Oil tags for Zucchini and Vine again this year (you can see last year’s tag here, and the year before here). We’ve done fine cotton, we’ve done rustic manila tags… and this year we went even a little more rustic: chipboard.  Inspired...

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{ strawberry pie }

I was trying to come up with a clever title for this post, but then I thought, why mess with perfection? Strawberry Pie. It’s spring, and strawberries are all over the farmer’s market. We’ve even had an extended cool spring here in Chico, so strawberries, cherries and peaches are actually overlapping right now. Happy sigh....

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