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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 two-year old son, Cameron.  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

the food of the irish.

Let me start out with full disclosure:  I am not Irish.  I am American mutt, of course, but probably couldn’t come up with even a  teeny-tiny bit of Irish in my heritage to save my own life.  Matt doesn’t think he has any Irish background either (although if anyone would know it would be Aunt...

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{ a gala. }

Gala. Ever since I was little I have loved the sound of that word.  It seems larger than life, starting great words like “galaxy” and exotic words like “galapagos”.  Look at the definition: Gala n.  A festive occasion, especially a lavish social event or entertainment. Sounds fabulous, right? Mostly, it makes me think of a...

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dinner on a dime: leek and potato soup

Leeks have been my 2009 food obsession.  I have to admit, before this year, I had not really been exposed to them, and definitely had never cooked with them.  But we went to Paris this past spring on our anniversary, and let me tell you, leeks were everywhere!  And they were so delicious.  I’ve spent...

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a harvest table.

Whew!  The holidays are here, aren’t they?  Things have gotten busy, busy, busy… and we’re not complaining.  We are printing, printing, printing!  We still hope to have our Etsy holiday shop open up over the weekend – so stay tuned!
In the wonderful meantime, I’m sure a lot of you are making (or have made) your...

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{ pumpkin patching. }

Happy new work week to all of you!  Surviving last week at all was a grand feat for me: the whole family is still going through a massive cold, Matt’s still working at the ranch seven days a week (I miss him!), and Cameron has decided naps are for suckers.  But here we are, a...

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a little taste of chico.

We went to our inaugural Taste of Chico last week, as I think I mentioned previously, and let me tell you – Chico does taste good!  So good, in fact, I decided I had to devote an entire post to the event.  If you’re a foodie or a local, you’ll love it, if not, then...

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