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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 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: Press

we’re totally famous now.

I kid.  But… we’ve been interviewed and published!  And golly, gosh, gee, we are thrilled about it! Here is this week’s Chico News and Review sitting on our coffee table… Catchy cover story, yes?  Well, that’s not us (not that I wouldn’t be happy to lose a few).  Did you take a glance at the...

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{ our master bedroom on brooklyn limestone }

Hey folks!  A leeetle behind here on blogging (you can say that again!).  So behind, in fact, that our guest post revealing our remodeled master bedroom went live on Brooklyn Limestone on Monday and I didn’t even make it on here to tell you all about it!! Argh. You’ll just have to trust me that...

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bits and pieces.

This could also be titled “random things happening in the studio that probably aren’t important enough for their own post but that I wanted to share with you anyway” however, I was afraid it just might not fit in the blog header. I know you’ve all seen the studio tour (on here and a huge...

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guest post { the sweetest occasion }

Check out our guest post on being a freelancer and a mommy over on The Sweetest Occasion. Many thanks to Cyd for having me – in honor of the National Stationery Show this week, she’s got a whole bunch of paper people, letterpressers and designers on her blog. I don’t pretend to be an expert...

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wanna see our new master bath?

It’s on Brooklyn Limestone right now!!  So excited to be included as a guest poster in this week’s before and afters.  Head on over there and take a look! Oh, and come back soon for the guest bath reveal, as well as more master bath details/process. Thanks for stopping by!

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{ hello, design*sponge readers. }

We’re so glad you’re here! How cool is it that Grace Bonney  featured our little before and after! If you’re looking for the chalkboard fridge makeover, you can find the post here. And for those of you who didn’t come from there, have a look-see at the post: How cool is that? Hope you’re havin’...

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