October 2011
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Topanga Canyon
shots from a day in topanga canyon for meandblue’s fall 2011 line
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June 2011
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Surfer Blood
Experimenting with colorizing black and white photos
Surfer Blood at Echoplex September 16
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April 2011
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Old Town
Brian found these old postcards of the Pasadena area.
For anyone that knows the area, it has changed a great deal since these photographs were taken:
Aeroplane view of Sierra Madre looking northeast with Kersting Court in center of view, circa 1914
Sierra Madre’s “Pioneer Days” parade passing through Kersting Court, 1948
Red Car and P.E. Station in Kersting Court with...
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Grandparents
the best photos
with the best stories
family = everything
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i will lie down and sleep in peace
i will lie down and sleep in peace
for you alone O LORD
make me dwell in safety
Gennarino Tarvano
Rest in Peace
I know there’s a big bowl of spaghetti waiting for you in heaven
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March 2011
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Mas Malo Flyers
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Echo Tetris
Magazine Ad Template for The Echo / Echoplex shows
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Lovebirds: Chris & Katie's Engagement Shoot
we hit the road
San Clemente
to watch the surfers
they told love stories
fondly reminiscing
and their love grows
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February 2011
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Shooting at Zuma Beach, part 2
For ME & Blue’s Spring 2011 line. Amazing day!
See more at meandblue.com
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Salton Sea
i could almost smell the salton sea while retouching these. nasty
Brian wanted me to try this photo with red water. gives me the creeps
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Salvation Mountain
The year 1967 found Leonard back in San Diego visiting his sister Irene. She was always talking about the Lord and it sort of bothered Leonard. One morning to escape her sermonizing, Leonard went out of the house to sit in his van. To this day he really doesn’t know why, but he started repeating the Sinner Prayer - “Jesus, I’m a sinner, please come upon my body and into my...
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Best of 2010
Finally.
Did you see my Best of 2009 last year? http://melissabergen.com/blog/2010/01/01/best-of-2009/
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Shooting at Zuma Beach
A photo shoot yesterday at Zuma Beach for M.E.&Blue’s Spring 2011 line. The photos are top secret for now, but here are a few from the B-Roll
More coming soon
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as we have heard, so we have seen
all this happened to us
though we had not forgotten you
Our Hearts had not turned back
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January 2011
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Whooo?
Brian is THE BEST at finding things
120 sticky “party badges” at the thrift store for 29¢
These were made in 1967; we’ll be using them as name tags at our wedding.
How awesome are these?
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Strange Dreams
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Little Dragon
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Copies of Copies
the rest is secret
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December 2010
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One More
to the middle of the woods
abandoned gravestones
foundations for 250 year old houses
rescued
thick with young trees
this used to be a main road
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homemade christmas tape
the best gifts
handmade and from the heart
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Echo Park Shop Hop
A poster I made for last weekend’s Shop Hop:
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Process: Pastilla's Rebranding
rebranding pastilla
who knows where we will end up
but i am fascinated with saul bass and his wonderful monochromatic textural style
Sources:
http://designarchives.aiga.org/#/entries/%2Bid%3A15066/_/detail/relevance/asc/0/7/15066/a-portfolio-of-8-letterheads-by-saul-bass/1
http://thenonist.com/index.php/thenonist/permalink/forgotten_bass/
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November 2010
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The Kitchen and The Garden Patch Release Party
Get your copy at: www.thekitchenandthegardenpatch.com
Thanks to Eric for the photos.
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October 2010
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The Kitchen and The Garden Patch Cover
A bit late. I posted this everywhere but here.
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Look for my Face
Dylan Champion from Shapes of Race Cars just told me that the television program Gossip Girl is going to be featuring a song from their album (World’s End) during the show on Monday Night. Look for my face on the album at the end of the episode!
Well, that was too narcissistic for my taste.
Watch it on CW Monday night 9/8c.
Or if you’re like me and don’t own a television,...
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Our Days Were Numbered
they said we burned so bright
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(110 Adventures)
no longer easy on the eyes
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Getting Inspired
I’ve been continuing to work on the cover and inside illustrations for my cookbook The Kitchen and The Garden Patch
Here’s what’s been inspiring me lately. A little bit of deco, a little arts and crafts. Everything reminiscent of nature and all its beauty. Stylized but simplified floral illustrations and thin outlines, and big blocks of color. Everything from William Morris to...
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Recipe Postcards from TKATGP
3” x 5” recipe postcards for The Kitchen and The Garden Patch
designed for Vegan Day at Sober College
There are some leftovers that will be found at the release party.
The release party for TKATGP will be
at ME&Blue
566 Rose Avenue, Venice, California
Saturday, November 6, 2010
six to nine P.M.
An evening of pure vegetarian (vegan) treats, as well as the opportunity to...
September 2010
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Yesterday, I hosted a Vegan Day at Sober College.
Since the whole premise of my cook book The Kitchen and The Garden Patch is centered around becoming self-sufficient and improving your health by the means of a pure vegetarian (vegan) diet, the founder of Sober College thought it would be a great idea to host a Vegan Day for all of the staff and students.
Being in recovery from drug and alcohol addiction means starting a new lifestyle of...
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solace (110 Adventures)
lead me to your heart
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Who wants to learn how to cook?
And start eating healthy again. I promise, vegan or not, this is the cookbook for you. Over 200 recipes, created with love for people who are ready to make a positive change in their diet.
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The Kitchen and The Garden Patch is available for...
Your soon-to-be favorite Vegan Cookbook is now available for Pre-Order.
If you order a copy now, you will get:
• A signed copy of The Kitchen and The Garden Patch
• FREE Membership to the Recipe of the Month Club (One of my new recipes is mailed to you each month)
• FREE Vintage Gift (hand picked by yours truly) for the kitchen, to start your cooking journey off right
Excited? I would be too....
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Dry Bones (110 Adventures)
redeeming love i found
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it's all sunshine (110 adventures)
nothing but sunshine
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I'm a type nerd.
Well, well, well. It’s finally time to put all of my hard efforts to good use. Months of cooking, perfecting, and compiling all of my recipes for my cookbook (The Kitchen and The Garden Patch).
This is the part I love just as much as cooking: designing. I’ve become immersed in completely in InDesign. Character/Object/Paragraph Styles (something I never much used before) are coming in...
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no i don't like a railroad man (110 Adventures)
a railroad man
he’ll kill you when he can
and drink up your blood like wine
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Promise (110 Adventures)
Listen more often than you speak
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NO TRAPPING (110 Adventures)
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