Her sustainable fashions look good and help save the world

Tayler Sallee is a senior at the Art Institute of Tampa studying fashion merchandising and marketing. Her work is centered on sustainability. 

Made in Tampa Bay: Tailor Sallee Fashions
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?Fast Fashion? is known for making clothes cheaper, but also expendable. Business Insider reports 85 percent of all textiles end up in the trash each year. A Tampa woman wants to change that, up-cycling and redesigning new fashions -- Made in Tampa Bay.

Made in Tampa Bay: St. Petersburg Distillery craft spirits
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The St. Petersburg Distillery is a family-owned operation that?s been producing craft spirits in Pinellas County since 2014. This year they expect to produce about 20,000 cases of product.

Made in Tampa Bay: Jay's Marketplace's Italian olive salad
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Jerry Szkoruda, the owner of Jay's Marketplace, has been making his Italian olive salad and dirty martini juice for nearly 17 years. They're a favorite at tables and barstools around Tampa Bay.

As a teacher, Tampa watercolor artist falls in love with art all over again

Katie White is a watercolor artist who works out of her South Tampa home. Primarily she works on interior paintings that create a sense of peace for her customers.

Made in Tampa Bay: Katie White watercolor art
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Katie White is a watercolor artist who works out of her South Tampa home. Primarily she works on interior paintings that create a sense of peace for her customers.

Faith offers comfort for cancer patients
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Five years ago Babich was diagnosed with cancer. Worried about her health, Babich turned to her faith.

Leafy greens help power Crop Juice to expand across Sarasota

Crop Juice is a cold-press juice company in Sarasota. The company started seven years ago when owner Karen Odierna started testing out leafy green juice. 

Made in Tampa Bay: CROP coldpressed raw organic juice and foods
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CROP juice company takes a fresh approach to raw vegetables and tasty, healthy meals by cold-pressing, mixing and pouring their juices by hand in their Sarasota shop.

Tampa cookie company bakes 32 flavors of sugar-filled fun

The owners of a Tampa-based boutique cookie company are serving up your sugar fix in fun and different ways.

Made in Tampa Bay: Urban Bakers gourmet cookies
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Urban Bakers owner Barry Sherman says his dream was always to start an ice cream and cookie parlor but when his partner, Scott, was diagnosed with early-onset Parkinson?s disease, his dream took a back seat.

Bay Area 'hippie' breathes easier by making, selling her own candles

Krista Jacobson started Hippies Homemade Candles in her kitchen back in 2013. She worked as a message therapist burning candles every day, but that was a problem.

Tampa woman turns old cigar boxes into fashionable accessories

Ybor City was once known as the cigar capitol of the world, which means the city has produced its share of cigar boxes as well.   Now, one local woman has made a business out of up-cycling these pieces of Tampa history.

Made in Tampa Bay: Humadorables cigar box handbags
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Ybor City was once known as the cigar capitol of the world, which means the city has produced its share of cigar boxes as well. Now, one local woman has made a business out of up-cycling these pieces of Tampa history. Susan Jordan of Humadorables by Susan turns the boxes into beautiful purses.

Made in Tampa Bay: Farmer Boy authentic Greek dressing
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You don?t need to go to Greece for an authentic Mediterranean flavor. Just hope over to clearwater where farmer boy Greek dressing is made. It can be found on every Publix shelf in Florida, but it's made right here in the Tampa Bay area.