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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.


Tag Archives: letterpress

xoxo.

Happy Monday, dear friends!  We are excited to be very busy this week with stationery orders as a result of our website launch and stationery giveaway (yay!).  But before it’s too, too late, I wanted to share with you our last, nearly-belated offering for Valentine’s Day (although, you should note, all of our valentine cards...

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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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valentine’s day designs & { website. }

Hello all!!  It brings my exhausted-but-highly-satisfied self great pleasure to introduce you to two things: our new website(!), and our new valentine’s day cards.
Whew!  This website has been a looong time coming.  Thanks so much for sticking with me through it all!  Please, please, head on over there, take a look around, let me know...

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happy weekend { and olive oil. }

It’s the last weekend before Christmas. (No screaming!) Just do what you need to do, Christmas will come… whether or not you buy and wrap that perfect gift for the impossible-to-shop-for Great-Aunt Matilda.
We are headed up to Oregon (road trip!!) today for a weekend wedding.  Right in the middle of the holiday season, yup! Part...

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{ holiday } open house.

Howdy, folks.  We’re still here!  As in… not dead, moved out of country, and no, we haven’t quit letterpress. Not yet, anyway. I mention this because I did get a couple of concerned messages (even my parents noticed!!) with the blog having been a bit more, um, silent over the past two weeks.
Nope, we are...

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how would you say… almond?

Remember the little project I was keeping a secret a couple weeks back?  Well, I plumb forgot to post about it!
Here are some coasters that are available at Made in Chico and now in our etsy shop:

They are two sided:
One side says this (a close-up for those of you who may not have your bifocals...

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