HI I’M AYA AND THIS IS MY FACE !!! Welcome to my crafty creative corner of the internet. 🪩⭐️♥️
I received an art grant so I will be learning metal work to progress my jewellery making more! I’m so excited to create more celestial, ethereal trinkets!!! 🌀🪞🎲
Lately I’m inspired by where I live (Chinatown/Japantown), deep queer/female friendships, my inner child, sardines, puppets, and those vintage sun and moon motifs !!! 🌞🧿🪭🥠
This is where I will girl out and make cute things. My other work feels so serious sometimes so I take it VERY SERIOUSLY to be UNSERIOUS here!! It’s about playfulness! And whimsy! And letting the creative energy move through me! 🍓🎰🎪
Stay tuned for more shenanigans and creations!!!
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Get these little cuties on my website! Free shipping world wide 🌎 🌟 🫶🏻
Inspired by ancient venus statues, fossils, spirals, feminine archetypes, fertility, sensuality, mugwort, Nootka rose, indigo dyeing, shibori, and cyanotype.
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Some snippets from our very first workshop ! Last Saturday we gathered together to make our own Lino-stamps, inspired by new beginnings, and then we wrote letters to ourselves to open in the future. 🌷
Thank you to everyone that joined us, we were blown away by how talented everybody was. And if you didn’t get to join us this time, don’t worry ! We’ll see you guys real sooooon !
If you see yourself and your creation, let us know so we can tag ya. 💗
✿ Heya ! Welcome to Sardine Tin Studios, a co-collaborative passion project by Aya and Aleeza. ✿
This project began with our shared love for typography, graphics, and all things aesthetic. One day, Aleeza came across a sardine tin that instantly reminded her of Aya… stamped with the angel number ‘555’ and an image of two sweet fishy friends swimming side by side. Aya then suggested turning the graphic into a lino print, which was a shared obsession at the time… and from there, something quietly clicked into place. As the new year unfolded, things began to align, and we decided to materialize our shared passions into something we could hold, grow, and share with others too.
Our hope is to shape gentle spaces for gathering, where we can host workshops and share the things our kid-hearts are most devoted to. At the centre of it all is play and curiosity - unbound, unmeasured, and free from the ache of productivity. So, without further ado… wake up your inner child and follow along as we wander back to intuitive art-making ! Maybe, along the way, we can help inspire something tender and creative in you too.
In celestial camaraderie,
Aya & Aleeza
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Seeds I’m planting for this coming year 🌱
Crafting
Girls nights
Home births + aligned clients
Centering women/femmes/thems
Effortless action and leaning back
Creations flowing through me
Being loved consistently and deeply
Treating my besties like the goddesses they are so they don’t tolerate mediocrity in their relationships
Moxibustion
Community events
Holding men to a high standard (what they are capable of) as an act of love
Herbalism
Craft market
Girl band
Lightness and inspiration when connecting with my culture!
Update: spots have been filled and the form is closed !
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Hi friends ! We are excited to announce a passion project that we’ve been dreaming, scheming, and actualising the past couple of weeks…
We are SARDINE TIN STUDIOS and our hope for this project is to create opportunities to host workshops and share our creations that we are deeply passionate about. Our first event is an afternoon of lino printing, reflection, and collective care.
NEW BEGINNINGS: A LINOPRINT WORKSHOP WITH ALEEZA AND AYA
Join us for a free, beginner-friendly workshop where we will visualize, carve out, and print our intentions for the year ahead. No prior experience is required to join this workshop, just your curiosity and an open heart.
Materials and tools are provided, however we encourage you to bring your own carving tools if you have them so that there is more to share !
✿ Date: January 17th, 2026
✿ Time: 1:30 - 4:30pm
✿ Location: Slice of Life, 1363 Venables, MST territories
This workshop is Sponsored by the Neighbourhood Small Grants Program.
Limited spots are available, so be sure to sign up quick ! The form can be found through the link in our bio, confirmation will be sent by email !
