Mindy 🦋
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Mindy 🦋
@talesofbutterflies.bsky.social
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🦋 illustrator, surface designer, writer, blogger
💌 email for custom illustration or licensing/custom surface design info
😺 also cute cats
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another ootd illustration. ✨🦋
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whatiwore, outfitoftheday, freelanceillustrator, fashionillustration, midsizefashion, midsizestyle, outfitdrawing
An outfit of the day illustration. On the left is a very rough sketch of the pose. On the right is the final illustration. In the drawing, I'm wearing my red hair down with pink clips at the sides. My dress is oversized and flowy, hitting at my calves. My shoes are brown tennis shoes and my socks are black with orange flowers.
December 18, 2025 at 10:22 PM
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#ootdillustration from a whiiiiile ago.
An outfit of the day illustration. Illustrated me is wearing my auburn hair down. I'm wearing a light pink sweater with a little drawstring at the waist and ankle-length flair pants covered in a very busy pattern of paisleys and shapes in reds, tans, and blues. My shoes are light brown tennis shoes and my scrunched socks are an even lighter brown.
December 12, 2025 at 10:10 PM
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cozy and cute outfit. 🙂✨ #midsizefashion #realisticoutfits #whatiwore #autumnoutfit #autumnfashion
Mirror selfie outfit of the day. I'm wearing a massive pink cropped sweater with lace sleeves and lace ruffle detail at the hem over a dark grey dress. My leggings are dark with colorful florals all over and my shoes are slip-ons with white and yellow stripes.
December 10, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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from a not-so-cold day. ✨ #midsizestyle #realisticoutfits #midsizefashion #whatiwore #momstyle
Outfit of the day selfie in my full-length mirror. I'm wearing a sage green waffle-texture body tee under a chambray button up (unbuttoned) with lace details. My jeans are a dark wash and my socks have little mushrooms and leaves on them.
December 8, 2025 at 10:17 PM
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blocking a project from this summer that sat rolled up in a project bag for too long. 🌼🦋✨
Picture of a crocheted wallhanging being blocked on a set of foam blocking boards. The wallhanging features three retro crochet daisy squares stitched together in a row, with a border on each side. The yarn colors are mustard yellow, a dark red, and a bright peachy pink.
November 6, 2025 at 1:36 AM
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Image of foam blocking mattes on the floor, at my feet, with various crocheted yarn swatches in mustard yellow, light pink, and a multicolored tonal pinned and blocking.
October 20, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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excited to swatch this extremely pretty tonal linen yarn. ✨

🧶: @junipermoonfarm Damask Linen in colorway "Driftwood"
Flatlay of a yarn cake on a muted mauve pink background. The yarn is a one hundred percent linen chainette in a tonal colorway featuring muted shades of cool grey, ivory, and peachy light pinks. It reminds me of an oilslick.
October 18, 2025 at 7:41 PM
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autumn wreath in progress...
picture of a floral wreath in progress. Faux flowers, mushrooms, and leaves in rich reds, oranges, yellows, and pale pinks are arranged on the wreath, with extra bits strewn around on the floor.
October 8, 2025 at 1:17 AM
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quick sketch, trying out some of the new @procreate pencil brushes.
Digital sketchbook page to test out one of Procreate's new pencil brushes. The words "swansea brush" are handwritten next to a sketch of a woman with long dark hair pulled half-up with a mustard yellow bow wearing a grid-print dress in a dull yellow with light pink lines and colorblocked mauve and pink tennis shoes. The linework and coloring are sketchy and rough.
October 3, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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Drew this ages ago. Little #ootdillustration. ✨
My own illustration of an outfit of the day. Illustrated me is wearing an oversized boxy buttondown with pink and white stripes, dark denim jeans cuffed at the ankles, and brown lace-up ankle boots. Three tiny illustrated hearts float at my right side.
September 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
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flowy flowy. ✨☺️🦋
Ootd selfie of me in my full length mirror. I'm wearing a dark grey, flowy t-shirt dress with patch pockets over sage-y green wide leg pants. I have on brown strappy closed-toed sandals over grey low cut socks with yellow and green florals. My hair is pulled up in a small bun.
September 24, 2025 at 9:36 PM
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yes, I wear this shirt all the time. 💁‍♀️
Ootd selfie in my full-length mirror of me in an oversized, boxy pink and white striped button-up shirt and heathered tan lounge shorts. I'm wearing ankle-length yellow socks with ruffled cuffs and a little embroidered white daisy detail on each ankle.
September 22, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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little meadowscape. 🌼🌱🍃
September 16, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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comfy.
Selfie ootd of me wearing a loose pink tank top with a curved hem over patterned wide leg pants that hit at ankle-length. I'm wearing brown strappy flat sandals and my hair is pulled back into a ponytail.
September 15, 2025 at 8:26 PM
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Sitting against a wall are four cakes of yarn. Two are a light peachy pink, and the other two are a light mustard yellow.
September 13, 2025 at 3:19 AM
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sketchbook scraps. ✨
September 9, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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sometimes you think your outfit's real cute, and then you realize your socks smell faintly of cat pee. 🙄
Me taking an outfit selfie in my studio mirror. I'm wearing a sage green flowy jumpsuit over a blue and white striped button up shirt with cuffed cap sleeves. My socks are maroon calf length with two white stripes at the cuff. I'm holding my tan burlap textured tennis shoes in my hand.
September 2, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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outfit for surviving Walmart first thing in the morning, then doing art stuff the rest of the day.
Selfie of my outfit today. I'm wearing a colorblocked blue chambray buttondown with cropped sleeves and a relaxed fit. The hem is curved. I have on dark mauve-colored joggers and blue and white striped tennis shoes. I'm holding my pink plaid jacket on my hand.
August 29, 2025 at 1:38 PM
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some comfy pattern mixing today. 😊
August 27, 2025 at 7:32 PM
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comfy for a sickish/slow day, but I did finally trim my bangs the other day and I truly feel like ✨me✨ again.
Picture of me taking a selfie in my full length mirror. I'm wearing a comfy waffle-texture sage green boxy, cropped t-shirt, beige lounge shorts, and ankle-length light peach socks that have two white stripes at the cuff.
August 26, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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don't think I ever shared this one way back when I drew it. 🟥🔸🟨🔹🟫 (PS. this repeating pattern is part of a collection I illustrated of heirloom quilt inspired designs that you can find in my @spoonflower shop, if you're so inclined. 🙂)
An illustration featuring a hand-drawn repeating pattern that looks like a star block quilt in the colors light teal, blue, red, maybe, tan, peach, and cream all randomized. In front at the center of the illustration are big navy blue serif block letters that say "HOMEBODY." The letters have hand-illustrated vine details inside.
February 26, 2025 at 9:13 PM
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🐈‍⬛💤💕
Picture of a grey and white ragdoll cat sleeping peacefully on a desk top with his face resting on his paw, with the text "everybody plz look at this sweet little face."
February 19, 2025 at 9:35 PM
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from a warmer day. 😛
Me, a midsize woman, taking a mirror selfie of my outfit of the day. I'm wearing a waffle-texture green boxy tee with cuffed denim jeans and blue and white striped Keds-style tennis shoes.
February 19, 2025 at 9:32 PM
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this year has been rough so far, and that's an understatement. I'm holding onto joy where I can find it, like copper-colored spoons bathed in warm evening kitchen light.
Picture of a copper-colored spoon sitting on a small teal plate on a grey quartzite countertop.
February 18, 2025 at 10:09 PM
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I like the idea of this outfit, I just think the armhole depth on this shirt is too wide for this jumpsuit and leads to lots of bunching up of the shirt material.
Me, a midsized woman, taking a mirror selfie of my outfit of the day. I'm wearing a bright blue, flowy jumpsuit over a textured maroon long sleeve henley top that is slightly oversized. I have on tan tennis shoes and calf-height red and white striped socks that are scrunched down.
February 14, 2025 at 9:08 PM