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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 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: Lance

halloween 2012: a fire crew.

Hope you had a fun (and safe) Halloween yesterday! Here in Chico it rained cats and dogs, and we only had a few brave trick-or-treaters. It’s madness with three boys I tell you – madness. The very fact that they are all dressed in costume and standing in the same photo is in itself a...

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creek walking.

It’s been a hot week here in Chico, CA. Summer is here in full force! This weekend is Slice of Chico (free watermelon and a sidewalk sale? sign me up!)… we plan to go, and we also plan to do some creek walking: and tree climbing… And splashing, of course: Two little boys + one...

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instagr.am { the month of june }

Ugh. So behind on the blog. And is it possible to be “behind” on life? Life has run away with me and I’m busy playing catch up. Let’s start with the easy. An instagram round up of June. In June I was so busy I actually barely took any instagram photos, if you can believe...

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{ roasted cherry chocolate cake }

Well, it has been a while since we’ve had a recipe on the blog, eh? Six months at least (November 8th, to be exact)! High time we cooked something, yes? Our littlest youngest guy turned two last week. You can see his adorable Korean-inspired first birthday (last year’s dol) right here. This year we had...

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{ happy 2012 }

Well, what a year it’s been!! We’ll recap later this week, but in the meantime… Happy New Year from us to you. Our biggest blessing this past year by far… The addition of this little big guy to our family. And his adoption was finalized on December 19! Talk about a fantastic Christmas present. Waiting...

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a bit of halloween {eye} candy.

Hey there! Hope your Halloween was safe, and fun. We had a blast over here at Chez Tennis! As an adult I basically saw no reason to celebrate anything Halloween related – we never dressed up, and our home in Sacramento was tucked so far back that trick-or-treaters were few and far between. But now,...

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