Hi there, thank for visiting my little photo-blog world. My name is Lauren Nelson and I am a wedding/life photographer and writer.
The Urban Hippie is a tab of everything I love and everything I live: Photos, weekends, travels, people, food and friendships.
I celebrate the small things in life, like the kicks I get from hearing a really good song, chunky earrings, bare feet, fat magazines, art and its creators, a child’s innocence and people in love.
I’m a newspaper girl who discovered I love images as much as I do words.
Here are some of my favorite things: Writing and writers. Photographers and their snapshots. Passion. Roadtrips. Dillon Beach. Retro cameras. Soulful eyes. Cozy blankets. Learning new music. Enthusiasm. Cutting up magazines. Dressing up other people. My best friend. Beads. Collages. Retro campers. Thrift stores. Cameras. My longboard. Pretending I know how to play the guitar. Coffee. Exploration. Pink typewriters. Probaby you. Pottery wheels. My birthday. Gypsies. Mod Podge. Bylines. Bumper stickers. Cheesecake and ice cream. “Home” by Edward Sharpe. Art shows. My niece Sophia Loren. San Francisco. My dog, Sara. Cream soda. Beach houses. Inspiration.
Send me a hello note if you would like me to capture a small part of your world, whether it’s a wedding, child or baby, engagement, birthday party or graduation. If you’re just browsing, grab a glass of tea, sit back and enjoy your visit to The Urban Hippie.
xoxo, Lauren
Lauren! Your blog is amazing! I love it! I want to touch base w/ you and Jen about a few things and this is the only way I knew how! Send me an email and include Jen’s email in there too! Thanks! Talk to you soon!
You’re a doll! Thanks for the links.
I’m so excited you’re blogging.
I found your site and loved it. I love the guitar project, and everything else I saw. I put the site in my favorites, but is there a way to subscribe? I wanna subscribe!
Thanks for the artistic entertainment.
Thanks for the comment! I’m glad someone is enjoying my ramblings. I’m not an Internet pro, but I believe you can subscribe to urbanhippie with a tab in the browser, Firefox. At least, that’s what I do.
Love what I’ve seen of your blog so far!
I love your blog and photography!!!
Hi Lauren – what an awesome blog you have and you are so dedicated to it! You should come out to the blogger meet-up next Wednesday at the Valley Brew. We are getting a group of local bloggers together for free food and a chance to meet and greet each other. Hope you can come! http://www.recordnet.com/blogmeetup
Hey Urban Hippie, I absolutely love your style! I think you’d like pics of my house. We are soul sisters of sorts, at least as far as style goes!Anyway, I want to tell you about the website omgallery.com. If you like paper lanterns, you’ll probably love the silk & bamboo ones there. They also have beautiful silk pillows, etc.
Love this blog. I’m constantly on the look for inspiration – as a pro painter and interior design wanna b. I love the hippie styles and believe you’re never too old to create your own world.
AMAZING
Is there a subscription i could get to this as a printed magazine ??
I love your photography! I’ve added your blog to my blogroll at Decorology
Hi Lauren – I just wanted to reach out to you again because you should come out to our next blogger meet-up November 11th at Tracy Virtual Office at 6pm. We are getting a group of local bloggers together for free food and a chance to meet and greet each other. Hope you can come! http://www.recordnet.com/blogmeetup
This blog is epic and continues to inspire! Thanks so much for sharing your talent with everyone!
Lauren! Kindred Spirit. It was wonderful to meet you and Maggie and Sarah today. You must return to the village, and walk and shoot. Yesterday’s pics at your dad’s- where is that? ahhh, a farm. OK in common- LOCKE. Im mesmerized by it. But I thought I was the only one that could see it. Right on. I considered living there, having my shop there. Alicia Paulsons Rosy little things, followed for yrs. My blog tip; The Pioneer Woman.com Great tutorials on photoshop/fotog. Remember to bring your Grandma ’round. Your comments suggest you strike a familiar chord with many. Yep, me too.
Aw Cindy, it was so great meeting you and Bella too!. Oh — and Fluffy, of course. We are totally ready to go back to the Village, and we’ll definitely stop by again. I’m so glad you love Locke. It’s one of my favorite places of all time. Now the Village is another favorite. You have such a great little place there. Thanks for the blog tips.
I love your blog. It would appear we share an admiration for crows.
Hi! I’m writing you from Mexico, in Sonora. not so far from California. I was getting bored today little work at the office and I found your site, it’s Wonderful. I enjoyed all your photos and stories(great job by the way) they’re inspiring.
I’m glad I found your blog and I will be coming back to check on the news!
thanks for sharing!
Hi,
I live in Chicago and am new to the wedding videography business. I’m currently designing a website for it, and in the process I stumbled on your site (specifically the 9/28/09 post, “After the Wedding”). I was wondering if you’d allow me to use two of the photos (the first and third, it looks like), and if so, how do you want me to give credit?
Thanks, and obviously, I appreciate the work.
I want to write for/with you. I think you’re amazing.
Lauren, your blog is AWESOME! Thanks for sharing it with us. I’ll visit it often to see what the latest and greatest is in your life. When are you going to come up to Seattle? We’ve got a cousin reunion to have, remember? And trust me, we’ve got lots of material (arts, culture, food, ethnicity, music, etc.) up here for your blog AND your newspaper column. See you soon!
Love the Blog! very cool.
You may what to check out
http://chocolate-snob.blogspot.com/
My good friend also loves art and is very creative. She started this blog a few years back and now has more that 50,000 subscribers!
Hello!
I’ve featured you on my blog this morning! Hope you had a great New Year!
http://decorology.blogspot.com/2010/01/gorgeous-images-from-my-favorite-design.html
I love your blog, amazing photos! What camera/film do you use??
Hi Ashley, I just use a Canon 10D and switch up the lenses. My favorite lens is the 50mm 1.8. I also play around with Photoshop. Thanks for reading!
i love this website you have some really good collages, i love to create collages for my projects and you have inspired me and given me lots of ideas, iv been researching for hours and im glade i found this website….Thank You…for helping me with my ideas and travels though the lost world of the internet. x
Love your blog! Keep writing! I’ll be reading. ~Jenna
Love the site…
This is a great site. It would be lovely if there was a way to subscribe without having to put in a comment!
I found your blog when I was using stumbleupon, and it’s great! I love your photos. Can wait to read and see more
I just spent an hour looking through you beautiful pictures, and I have never felt more inspired. I’m going to go cut up some magazines now. Thank you.
I stumbled across your blog today and just wanted to say, your pictures are lovely and really inspiring. Looking through your posts really brightened my day! Thank you!
absolutely love your blog and want to share the most promising sing&songwriter we have in Sweden at the moment: listen to Track of time with Anna von Hausswolff (you can find it at Spotify). It so beautiful it hurts…
Lauren, I LOVE your blog! Thanks so much for sharing:)
Hello, I really enjoyed your blog! :] I was just curious, but what kind of camera are you using? The photos are incredible, and I what that quality. ha
Thank you, I’m glad you are enjoying my blog. I actually use a Canon 10D, which is quite an old model now (but only a year old to me, since I found it on eBay). I get many of the effects with Photoshop Actions, Totally Rad Actions. There are other actions you can buy or get for free if you google them. Have fun.
so, i just stumbled upon your blog yesterday when i Googled “bohemian.” after reading your recent posts and then this bio stuff, i think we could/should be friends.
where in the world do you live? east, west, north, south?
Haha, I live in Northern California. Thanks for your nice comments.
I really like ur blog! n_n
Love your blog. Keep at it!
Great stuff!
Hey lovely lady,
Send over your email and I’ll let you know about those actions
LOVE LOVE your blog <3
Inspiring
LOVE your blog. Is there a way to follow? I don’t see anything….
Thanks for sharing. I can’t wait to explore all your posts.
i was searching for unique designs for a clock project at school when i stumbled across your blog
i LOVE LOVE LOVE it! you do exactly the same thing as i do :s just better x keep going because i think the photography and inspiration here is amazing! 
xx
Hi Lauren!
We know you’ve loved FOAM in the past! we thought you’d especially love these photos from the Olivia Malone story on page 64 in our new december and january issue!:)
all the best, FOAM team
I do love Foam! So much! I can’t wait to get the new issue because I also happen to love Olivia Malone. Thanks for the heads up! xo, Lauren
i relly enjoy your photography. there is something artsy and hip about it. in the beginning of the gallery you asked us (your viewers) to share any other neigborhoods that were classy and photogenic. in my wanderings, i have run into some beautiful areas. to name a few,boston(somerville), minneapolis/st. paul(elliott park, dinkytown), san diego(encinitas). keep it up, looking forward to seeing more of your work. peace, diggy
I enjoy your blog very much. It is fun to read about things you have seen and done, they inspire me to go out and find my own adventures. Keep on being awesome =]
Your photos are amazing I really like your colour tones and contrast
Like the look of your blog. I’m interested in knowing how you achieved the little gallery shots of photos inside your right-hand widgets. You can respond here or to my blog.
I would just like to say I am sorry for the loss of your niece Emma Faye. My daughter, Willow Nevaeh was born at 23 weeks last June. I lost her, but she changed my life forever. Thanks for posting her story.
I’d love to subscribe to your blog!
i absolutely LOVE your blog. i just stubled upon it and theres something really striking about it! im definitely going to post it on my tumblr, and spread the love. peace <3
Gotta love a girl that longboards.
Great photos! Congrats on FP today
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Lauren, the name of your blog really attracted me because I consider myself an urban hippie too. I also have a guitar that I pretend to play
I love the mood of your pictures. Thanks for sharing and congrats on being featured!
I’m not much of a blogger, but I stumbled on your site from my nephew’s photo site: http://www.fenglongphoto.com . Feng belongs to worldpress.com. I found your site to be most interesting! I am artistic mostly with fabrics, but I also am a lover of I photos. I loved all the color you spotted in Mexico and expressed it with the photos.
I was there twice, but I did not have the knowledge of pictures back then 1985. Keep up the good work and I will keep following you thru your blog. Thanks for sharing!
I liked your creativity, your photos. Your blog page header pictures is superb. Good Luck. I will follow your updates…
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urban hippie meet disastrousjane. great blog, i love it !!!
i absolutely love your pictures, they have sop much life and color to offer. being an artist i have any eye for finding new colors is the weirdest ways, i feel like you have mastered it!
Lauren I love ur Blog im actualy from Mexico, and with thouse pictures you brought back very good memories
Hi
Is there a way to contact you?
I would like to ask you few questions. You can reply me to my email (if you hava a MSN you can add me with this email).
Thank you.
Hi, yes you can e-mail me at lauren.r.nelson@gmail.com. Thanks.
I love your site, I too am a photographer in my spare time and I love it! If I could figure out how to make enough money to support my family with my images I would… I am inspired by your writing and your photos.
I loved bumping into you! I’m so glad they freshly-pressed you, as I may not have ever met you in any other way! I’m having fun exploring your passions. Thanks for most recently sharing Ava’s living museum with us.
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Love this and love you! My new favorite inspiration blog. I just saw your living museum post about Ava Avione, uh-mazing. Thank you for sharing. I featured it on my blog by the way. xXXO.
You and I would be good friends:) I love your blog. Seriously your blog consists of everything I love!
awesome photos. You have inspired me. Love the food photos and the partially eaten cake.
Great blog. Thanks!
I like your blog a lot, and your photos,, very cool funky stuff, thanks for sharing!
Awesome blog! I’ll write you an email as well, but I am beginning to profile people for my blog who I feel are truly living their lives, and it definitely seems that you are! Would you be interested in being profiled?
Hey, Just wanted to let you know I’ve nominated you for the Versatile Blogger Award 2011! http://astoryeveryday.com/2011/10/09/the-versatile-blogger-award/
I’ve never seen a photography that felt so mine, and beautiful and so close to my heart before.
This woman is amazing.
I am in love with you blog, thanks for sharing your talent with us!
Your blog is beautiful! I am so glad I stumbled upon it, as I am a lover of photography & writing too. I’m an American living in Sweden, and many of your pictures give me a feeling of home. I look forward to following you!
Hi Liz, Thank you for stopping by! I’m glad I can help you feel homey while you’re in Sweden. What are you doing there? Keep visiting, Lauren