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May 7, 2025

Shop Update: Mugs 📣

Image of a pink ceramic mug with a pink, orange, blue, and light turquoise papaya illustration- with handle facing left- on a colorful blurred background. Behind that image is a repeating pattern of the TORO logo on a white background.
Papaya illustration on a pink 11oz ceramic mug, from the Lirén Series which highlights tropical fruits from Puerto Rico and the Caribbean.

I’m SO so excited to finally be rolling out this shop update. I’m really proud of the work I’ve created, and I hope you love it.

🇨🇦 I’ve shifted some things around behind the scenes so that I can offer shipping to Canada at the prices I’ve set, despite all the uncertainty and bullshit around tariffs. As before, shipping is included in the prices. (I’m going to spend some time writing about my use of print on demand, the ways it has supported me as a disabled artist, and now as a way to navigate the tariff situation in the US, after the shop update.) So, if you have folks in Canada, please share my shop with them!!

⏳ I decided that it would be healthier for me to focus on listings for one category of products at a time at my pace and share them as I go, rather than pushing to get all the listings done in a short amount of time. The categories are, in no particular order:

  • framed prints

  • greeting cards

  • notebook sets

  • zipper pouch sets

  • mugs

I’m going to send out an email when each category gets published, so expect a few more emails than usual in the next couple weeks.

Image of a multicolored geometric Taino design on a turquoise and yellow ceramic mug- with handle facing left- on a colorful blurred background.  Behind that image is a repeating pattern of the TORO logo on a white background.
Illustration of a geometric Taino design on a turquoise and yellow 11oz ceramic mug.

☕️ Mugs are the first category I’ve published! I have 11 new mug designs, many of which are now part of ongoing series which will span across various products and will continue adding new designs to in the future. Like the Lirén Series, which highlights tropical fruits of Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. And now, when you click on “All” in the sidebar of the shop, you’ll be able to shop across all products based on the design series.

Screenshot of the TORO shop, showing the sidebar with various series to choose from
Shop design series from the sidebar

As you can see in the screenshot, I’ve also added a choose-your-own mug adventure, where you can choose any 3 mugs from the shop for a discount.

🌿 Please help me grow by spreading the word about my shop. If you’re on Bluesky, I’m posting regularly there. As soon as I have more categories listed in the shop, I’m going to make some posts on Instagram. You can also share my shop directly with people you think will love my work.

You can also support me over on Ko-fi, where I share more behind the scenes stuff, like some of the initial style sheets that led to these new products, for example. I’m currently at 5% of my fundraising goal for this month; all donations, commissions, and shop sales go toward that goal. Remember that monthly supporters automatically contribute to a mutual aid fund that goes to supporting other disabled community members!

Destiny Toro

41 Ave Fernando L Ribas #458 Utuado, PR 00641

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