Rochester Brainery

If you’re looking for something a little fun and off-kilter, Jill Taft of Tiny Ruby Designs is certainly the letterer for you.

“I like to eat baked goods, and you can’t eat them until you have them to eat,” Emily laughs. “Seriously, I’ve always, always, always loved cookies-- baking and eating them.”...

In addition to finding peace in her yoga practice, Allie Duffney  has found an outlet in making art. The Bhakti Collective is the result of Allie’s therapeutic art-making, inspired by the philosophy...

Eighteen months ago Samantha Lynn, owner of Wholistic Herbals, packed her life into a big old van and traveled east from her home in Illinois.

Through the sale of hand-knit goods, Knitters on a Mission donates funds to an organization that provides safe housing for women who have aged out of the orphanage system in...

This holiday season we are teaming up with Yelp Rochester to fundraise for CURE Childhood Cancer Association during our Holiday Brainery Bazaar! Learn how you can get involved.

Kelseyschmidart is the product of Long Ridge Elementary Art Teacher and handmade paper goods maker Kelsey Schmid’s personal journey to find herself in her work again.

Cory O’Rourke is a Rochester area native using blacksmith techniques and modern metalworking tools to produce edgy, innovative sculptures and housewares crafted from metal or wood.

Scott Randall is a CPA by day, but his after-hours duties include sifting through secondhand textiles and caring for some 1,800 vintage tees. The shirts have been collected over five...

The days are getting hotter and longer, which means it must be time for Father’s Day, high school graduation and the beginning of Summer! However, it also means time to scour...

As a kid, Hannah Caruso and her family would frequently travel to Cape Cod where there was a particular bead store she couldn’t get enough of. She laughs, “I didn’t...

"It began as a community project.” That's how Chickpea Magazine started according to Cara Livermore. Now it's a well loved Rochester publication that reaches a national audience. You can find...