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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.


Tag Archives: green

{ o christmas coasters }

Hi. Just popping in with a quick little note. (I’m trying to be more spontaneous like that!) Our letterpress coasters from last Friday’s open house are now available in our etsy shop! We printed them during the open studio, and there are six different little designs: Aren’t they cute? Matt thinks they are very minimalist,...

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{ holiday open studio hours }

It’s ba-ack! Our fourth annual series of Holiday Open Studio hours! We’ve enjoyed our open studio hours so much over the past few years. It’s rained more often than not, but so many of you came out from the community anyway to see our shop and presses and it is very invigorating to connect directly...

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holiday 2012: holiday vignettes.

  Our next little new series of cards is called Holiday Vignettes. Basically, I drew six little whimsical sketches on a theme. I love variations, and often when I’m drawing a new design I try a bunch of takes on one concept. So this time, I thought, why not just include all the iterations? I...

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holiday 2012: vintage ornaments

It’s that time of year again! The time we roll out our new holiday line and I get to share the behind-the-scenes scoop on each of them. I try to wait until November (really, Christmas for me starts after Thanksgiving), but so many of you are so organized and ahead of schedule, and I’ve been...

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how does my garden grow?

Side yard garden update time!! I’ve had some reader emails asking how the raised vegetable beds are growing. My answer is: my-oh-my-how-big-they-are! I had NO IDEA how they would take off. See for yourself… Here it is in late April: And here it is mid-June: From the other side (April): Aaaand June: All I can...

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side yard: gravel to garden.

Well, I’ve held out on you long enough – it’s time to share a little spring project we did in our side yard! Um, actually, more like a complete overhaul. Some planning and elbow grease took it from useless and gray… To this… a charming raised-bed vegetable garden paradise. I am SO happy with how...

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