Big news! This weekend I'll be selling prints at the spring art fair at Mitt Möllan, here in Malmö. The fair is open from 11am to 5pm. I'll be bringing around 30 different postcards and 10 different posters. Please come meet me, chat with me and maybe you'll end up buying something as well! Find the Facebook event here. See you soon!
Some of the pictures I'll be selling:
Perfume week in Milano
Hi friends! I've been super busy lately, with commissioned freelance work, as well as traveling and having friends visiting from overseas. In the past couple of days, I've been in Milano for Esxence, a fantastic perfume fair. I encountered some really nice people, both professionals and perfume nerds, made new friends and eventually left with a bag full of samples and bottles (for a pre-flight visual, check my latest post on @scentrified!).
My favorites from the fair were: Regime des Fleurs (incredibly nice people and interesting scents, one of which was the biggest surprise of the fair to me, and they made me want to go to LA so bad!), Neela Vermeire Créations (Trayee and Bombay Bling are two new favorites that I might need to buy eventually), Nishane (their Pachúli-Kozha blew my mind, mostly because it was so damn potent! the house as a whole really peaked my interest, I'll need to sniff all of them soon) and last but definitely not least: Homoelegans, my favorite brand of all time. I ended up getting several of their bottles and now am only missing one (Ivre de Vie) from their collection.
I was so high on all the fumes from the fair that I completely forgot to take any good photos, even though I was carrying around my camera four days in a row. But I did find this one shot of the entrance to the fair in my phone (they celebrated 10 years this year), something I must have taken before entering the scent haze.
I'm your new Malmö expert
Big news! I'm the new Malmö expert at Metro Sweden. That means you'll see my face in the paper every Friday, starting today. For those of you who don't get the southern edition of Metro Sweden, don't worry, I'll be posting links to the articles now and then. And for those of you who can't read Swedish, well, use Google translate on the links!
Obviously, my first outing in Metro is about plant shops. Here's a digital copy. Enjoy! And do let me know what you think in the comments below.
Working alone
I might not have colleagues, but at least I have coffee.
Being a freelancer or consultant can from time to time be challenging. Not only do you have to find new clients and create your own plans and deadlines, but you're also working completely alone most of the time. For some people, this can be perfect as they don't enjoy being bossed around or constantly interrupted by colleagues. But for many, it's a lonely road to success, or failure.
I've had my fair share of lonely days being a freelancer, and now a startup entrepreneur. I've recently started asking myself if I should look for a colleague or co-founder. Because I'm not sure I can carry the weight of Upleafting Company on my own shoulders.
Nowadays I go to a startup incubator here in Malmö called Minc. I'm usually there 2-3 days per week. It makes me more creative, and definitely more productive, to leave home and work in a different space now and then. Some days I talk to other entrepreneurs in the open work space, and some days I just sit and work intensively on my own. I don't go to cafés that often, but maybe I should start? I'm just scared that the coffee bills will add up quite fast...
Freelancers and consultants, do you ever feel like you're on your own too much? What do you do to escape that feeling? Do you have experience with bringing someone in to your startup?
Hello...
...it's me.
I was wondering if after all these years you'd like to... read my blog? Because I'll be blogging here quite regularly from now on. This blog will be a mix of all things that I do and enjoy. Sometimes I'll talk about paleo, sometimes about perfumes, or LGBTQ, or my travels. I'll put all posts in separate and clear categories so that they'll be easy to find if you're only interested in one or two subjects and don't want to scroll through other stuff. Many posts will of course be dedicated to Upleafting Company, and soon I'll be premiering some very cool content for all you plant hungry peeps out there!
I'm off to Dublin tomorrow, but holler at me on either @olle_e or @upleafting if you wanna chat about something. And please don't forget to like Upleafting on Facebook. Until then, stay green!