About Toonie Stamps

Hi, I'm Jemma the creator of Toonie Stamps. I'm a British Architect and Illustrator who moved to Toronto, Canada, at the start of 2025. Since moving, I have been documenting my time in the city through a series of illustrative prints. Highlighting some of my favourite places, food and moments in the city.

I have been sharing the process on my social media. This has led me to create 'Toonie Stamps', an interactive art hunt that lets people access my art and explore the best bits of Toronto. Through a series of art vending machines and one-off locations, people are able to access my art and engage with the city of Toronto.

This project started as a documentation of my time in Toronto, but there is so much more of Canada for me to explore. This summer I will be heading out to explore even more of Canada. Aiming to document as much as I can and hopefully get more machines across the country! Follow my journey on Instagram!

The Concept

At the start of 2025, I moved from the UK to Toronto, Canada. Before moving, I decided I wanted to document my time in Canada through some sort of creative medium. Stamps have always interested me, these little nodes of place and time. So I have used them as the canvas for this series of illustrations. I started sketching out stamps of different places I found throughout the city.  The project documents my experience of Toronto's food, places, and events that have shaped my time in the city as a newcomer. Each stamp is a piece of this ongoing story. Browse all Canada- and Toronto-inspired illustrations currently available from the Oringinal Toonie Stamp Tiny Prints series.

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Project Mission

I started sharing my illustrations on social media and gained significant interest and support. Many people asked if they could buy my prints, which was lovely. Selling my work as an 'artist' was new to me. The project name is inspired by its overall mission. When developing how I wanted this project to evolve, one of my key focuses was to make my art accessible at an affordable price point. I believe art is for everyone, but the price of buying art often makes it in accessible for most people. The project name is inspired by the price point of my tiny prints. I looked into different ways people could access my work, leading to the development of art dispensers (made from converted chewing gum vending machines).

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Mail Club

While the machines are a perfect way for people in Toronto to get involved with the project, I wanted to find a way for people outside the city to connect with it in a tactile way. Love Letters From Toronto is a monthly physical mail club that allows people from all over the world to join the Toonie Stamps Project. Each month, members get stickers, stationery goodies, and an original Toonie Stamp, plus a letter and a map postcard about an area of the city. Sharing history, anecdotes and resources about all the great things Toronto has to offer.

Whether it's a one-off treat or a monthly piece of joy delivered to your door, this club aims to

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