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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 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

{ holiday open studio hours }

So, it’s been a crazy busy December for us! How is yours coming along? We have had a lot of inquiries about buying our product locally (yay!), and while we have some cards in Made in Chico and a bit in Magna Carta, it is by no means exhaustive. So, we’ve set up a few...

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z & v olive oil.

If you missed last year’s first crush from Zucchini & Vine and were disappointed (they sold out so quickly!)… here is your chance: the 2010 Christmas Olive Oil is out. Once again, we had the honor of designing and printing the tags. [Check out last year's rustic Manila tag design, bad photos and all] The...

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{ a fall walk. }

…You should really take one this weekend. Really. (Well, if you’re in the West or even the Midwest you should… those of you in the Northeast – I checked the weather and you may just want to snuggle up with some hot cocoa and a roaring fire). It’s just the perfect weather right now. It’s...

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ratatouille.

This may be a little late (sorry to anyone in the Northeast or Midwest) but I had to share a recent recipe I tried for using the end of the summer bounty. Here in Northern California, the weather has been so warm (hello 90′s in October) and we seem to have gotten our tomato/pepper/squash season...

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{ a shop window. }

Good morning, friends! It’s a fresh week, a fresh month, and a fresh season for us – rice harvest starts today (which means I can say good bye to my precious Matt for the rest of the month)… it will be just us here, folks! After leaving you with a sad little post last weekend...

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{ chico love. }

Today I just wanted to share with you a couple of cards we designed lately as a little tribute to our awesome hometown of Chico, CA. If you read this blog regularly, by now you probably know we love where we live! One of the tough things we face with letterpress in a small town,...

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