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<p>Paper nerds, here&#8217;s the second part of my interview with this one-of-a-kind stationery innovator and disrupter! <a href="https://www.instagram.com/emilyonlife/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="@emilyonlife">@emilyonlife</a> and I kick off discussing <a href="https://longtablecollective.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="The Long Table Collective">The Long Table Collective</a>. </p>



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<p>The collective provides invaluable mentoring for Black, Indigenous, Latinx, and Asian artists &; creative entrepreneurs as it attempts to even out the design playing field.</p>



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<p>Five ultra-lucky artists receive one year of professional mentoring in a small-group format, meeting virtually twice per month with <a href="https://lisacongdon.com/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="Lisa Congdon">Lisa Congdon</a> and Emily. If you are interested in being a part, get on it: Applications close May 8!</p>



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<p>Through the collective, Emily has mentored Carlos Carmonamedina of <a href="https://www.instagram.com/alwaysculturecurious/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" title="The Culture Curious">The Culture Curious</a>. This &#8220;citizen of the world&#8221; creates stationery that focuses on the universality, not specificity, of card-sending occasions, with utterly vibrant, heartfelt results. </p><div class="inline-post clearfix"><div class="see-also byline">See also</div><div id="block-wrap-18045" class="block-wrap-native block-wrap block-wrap-23 block-css-18045 block-wrap-classic columns__m--1 elements-design-3 block-ani block-skin-0 tipi-box block-wrap-thumbnail ppl-m-1 clearfix" data-id="18045" data-base="0"><div class="tipi-row-inner-style clearfix"><div class="tipi-row-inner-box contents sticky--wrap"><div class="block block-23 clearfix"><article class="tipi-xs-12 clearfix with-fi ani-base tipi-xs-typo split-1 split-design-1 loop-0 preview-thumbnail preview-23 elements-design-3 post-19261 post type-post status-publish format-standard has-post-thumbnail hentry category-sponsored-post tag-central-crafts tag-cortona-handmade-leather-bound-extra-large-journal tag-journal tag-luxury tag-personalised-leather-journal tag-personalized-leather-journals tag-sarah-schwartz tag-stationery-blog tag-stationery-design tag-stationery-designer tag-the-paper-chronicles" style="--animation-order:0"><div class="preview-mini-wrap clearfix"><div class="mask"><a href="https://thepapernerd.com/the-journal-to-literally-end-all-journals/" class="mask-img"><img width="100" height="100" src="https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/14478-4.jpg?resize=100%2C100&;ssl=1" class="attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-post-image" alt="" srcset="https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/14478-4.jpg?resize=150%2C150&;ssl=1 150w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/14478-4.jpg?resize=200%2C200&;ssl=1 200w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/14478-4.jpg?resize=293%2C293&;ssl=1 293w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/14478-4.jpg?resize=75%2C75&;ssl=1 75w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/14478-4.jpg?resize=390%2C390&;ssl=1 390w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/14478-4.jpg?resize=24%2C24&;ssl=1 24w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/14478-4.jpg?resize=48%2C48&;ssl=1 48w, https://i0.wp.com/thepapernerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/14478-4.jpg?resize=96%2C96&;ssl=1 96w" sizes="(max-width: 100px) 100vw, 100px" /></a></div><div class="meta"><div class="byline byline-2 byline-cats-design-4"><div class="byline-part cats"><a href="https://thepapernerd.com/category/sponsored-post/" style="color:#b79b0d" class="cat">Sponsored</a></div></div><div class="title-wrap"><h3 class="title"><a href="https://thepapernerd.com/the-journal-to-literally-end-all-journals/">The Journal to Literally End All Journals!</a></h3></div><div class="byline byline-3"><span class="byline-part date"><i class="tipi-i-calendar" aria-hidden="true"></i> <time class="entry-date published dateCreated flipboard-date" datetime="2017-09-05T12:54:44+00:00">September 5, 2017</time></span><span class="byline-part likes-count"><a href="#" class="tipi-like-count " data-pid="19261"><span class="likes-heart"><i class="tipi-i-heart-o" aria-hidden="true"></i><i class="tipi-i-heart" aria-hidden="true"></i></span><span class="tipi-value">0</span></a></span></div></div></div></article></div></div></div></div></div></tipimidc>



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<p>This direction ties into a trend both Emily and I are seeing, where one card speaks eloquently to several occasions. This flexible approach ties into our collective desire to simplify as we authentically connect with others — but mastering it as a maker is more challenging than you may think. </p>



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<p>Whatever role you play in stationery — ;from maker to disrupter to frequent card sender — miss my audience with Emily at your own risk!  ;</p>

Emily McDowell of @emilyonlife (Part 2)
