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What’s this all about?

I created the blog Miss Malaprop in August 2006 as a place for me to:

  • showcase unique, hand crafted and independently made products and small businesses
  • document my personal mission to live a more environmentally sustainable and socially responsible lifestyle
  • talk about what’s going on in New Orleans and the Mississippi Gulf Coast and showcase NOLA and Gulf South based artists and businesses

In March 2010, I launched my online store to offer unique handmade & eco-friendly goods directly to you!

Miss Malaprop is indie driven and community-minded. I believe in supporting small business, independent designers & artists, and people & organizations who are working to make the world a better place. I believe, whenever possible, in buying local, independently produced, handmade, sustainable, recycled, organic, fair-trade, environmentally-friendly products and services. I believe that one person can make a difference and that everyone can be that person.

Who am I?

I’m Mallory, a 27-year-old indie craft enthusiast from New Orleans, Louisiana. I was born in New Orleans, but grew up in Gulfport, Mississippi, where I rode out Hurricane Katrina at my mom’s house on the MS Gulf Coast, and I witnessed destruction both there and in New Orleans firsthand. I helped out with some of the relief efforts there through September 2005 and came back to New Orleans in mid-October of the same year. I’m dedicated to helping New Orleans and the Gulf Coast recover and become better than ever.

I make reconstructed clothing and accessories, and I’m a proud founding member of the New Orleans Craft Mafia. I wrote a monthly column on local artists & designers for Antigravity Magazine for about 3 years, and I have also written for Etsy Momentum, StyleList.com, Blogging New Orleans, and Southern Flourish Magazine.

Some of my other hobbies and interests include live theatre, ballroom dance, traveling, motorcycles, drag queens, and coffee. Oh, and sea creatures! Did I mention I also wanted to be a marine biologist when I was little? Dolphins, octopuses and seahorses are my favorites!

MissMalaprop's dolphin kiss

What’s in a name?

MissMalaprop is sort of a play on my name, Mallory. I joked that if I was a music DJ, I’d be DJ Malaprop. It’s also a nod to my literary and theatre geekdom. Mrs. Malaprop is a character in the 18th-century comedy of manners play, The Rivals. The term malapropism comes from this character, who was constantly mis-using similar sounding words, although Dogberry from Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing was doing the same thing in a much earlier play. (I told you I’m a literary & theatre geek.)

Cast of Characters:

Ashe aka Miss Mischief aka dramatis personae aka my best bud. We’ve known each other since 6th grade, and we grew up together on the Mississippi Gulf Coast and attended college together in New Orleans. She’s written here about some of her own awesome indie finds, and you can find more of her writing at her own blog, dramatis personae.

David aka Penguin aka the love of my life. Weird, funny, talented, and always there for me. I don’t know what I’d do without him. He makes great films. You should check them out.