SpaZa was founded in 2012 by Canadian designer Julia Schaffer, who began by making functional household products as alternatives to petroleum-based and plastic disposable items for use in her own home. While entertaining, Julia often draped tea towels over dishes to keep fingers and flies away. However, she ran into a problem when transporting a large salad bowl to a gathering. This inspired her to create a cover for the bowl using one of her hand-printed tea towels.