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DIY costumes can feel overwhelming when they call

DIY costumes can feel overwhelming when they call for hard-to-find (or pricey!) materials. This 🐦‍⬛ black crow 🐦‍⬛ costume is the total opposite. The “cape” is made from a black hooded towel and a few trash bags. And bonus: it’s waterproof, so file this one under Perfect Rainy-Day Halloween Costume! 🖤

Photographs by @alexandragrablewski , featured in @betterhomesandgardens Tricks and Treats 2026 issue!

Accidental art might be one of my favorite concept

Accidental art might be one of my favorite concepts. I define the term as when the universe hits “shuffle” and makes something beautiful you never could have planned.

I was searching my phone for a specific photo, hoping it would know exactly what I was looking for. (Spoiler: it didn’t.) What it did do was pull up images that had absolutely nothing to do with one another and put them side by side. And I was intrigued by the combinations! (For the curious, my search was BLOCK SQUARE BUILDING. I’ll share the resulting grid in my stories.)

So I thought: what if I typed a random adjective plus a color? I tried KIND BLUE, and it pulled up every photo it considered a match. (And yes, I take a lot of photos: reminders, crafts to share, my family, a cool sweater I fell in love with. I suspect I’m not the only one.)

Here’s how I turned it into art:

✨ I made a KIND BLUE folder in my photos and dragged my favorites in.
✨ In @picstitch (an app I downloaded years ago for collages), I picked the 9 I liked most. I didn’t zoom or crop, but that’s definitely not a rule.
✨ I printed the collage 18 inches square, leaving a little white space at the bottom. @staples does this very affordably. Go with an engineering print for copy-paper quality, or spend a little more for nicer paper.

Insta-art! Accidental art! Every member of my family is in there, plus some travel and some crafts.

What adjective + color would you try? 💙 #accidentalart #instaart

When brainstorming costumes that call for a cape,

When brainstorming costumes that call for a cape, we knew we didn’t want to always go the obvious route. But then the idea of a good witch/bad witch duo popped up—and casting the cutest pup in the world as the villain? Well, that was a no-brainer. 🐶🖤

Our good witch got a seriously rad makeover, complete with a fascinator hat and leg warmers. And her cape? A princess nightgown, transformed into a whimsical little masterpiece. This #Glindathegoodwitch is ready for the runway! 🪄✨

Photographs by @alexandragrablewski for @betterhomesandgardens
#wickedcostume
#wicked
#dogcostume
#doghalloweencostume

Not all heroes wear capes, but some monsters do! 🔴

Not all heroes wear capes, but some monsters do! 🔴🟠🟡🟣🔵

If your kid prioritizes warmth and comfort in a costume, this maximalist monster, sporting a bath-robe-turned-pom-pom-cape is a win! Just tuck the sleeves inside out, pin them in place and either use the hood as a headpiece or make one from a headband, felt, and pompoms.

🎃👻🦇 Featured in @betterhomesandgardens Halloween Tricks and Treats 2026 issue. Photographed by @alexandragrablewski, hair and make-up by @ivaalouise

Join Amanda, co-author of @theartofjewishjoy, to k

Join Amanda, co-author of @theartofjewishjoy, to kick off your weekend and Shabbat with a FREE crafternoon at @dillydallybk in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn! We’ll be making “soothing stones”— 🎨painted worry rocks that help the nervous system settle down for some good R&R.

We’ll start with a little rock hunt in Dilly Dally’s backyard, followed by painting and some yummy challah, made from their family recipe! Comments ROCKS and we’ll DM you the link to RSVP!

Absurdly cute illustrated rocks pictured here were made by my co-author, @suzyultman!

You can purchase a signed copy there! 📚

Amanda here…sharing what was actually my first ins

Amanda here…sharing what was actually my first inspiration in making @theartofjewishjoy !

Comment KIDSYK and I’ll DM a link to these free, downloadable worksheets!

💕What’s all the excitement about? 💕They pre-ordere

💕What’s all the excitement about? 💕They pre-ordered The Art of Jewish Joy @theartofjewishjoy and it arrives tomorrow — turns out anticipation looks a lot like a dance party.

If you want to join the party, comment JOY and we’ll send a DM with the link!

(And if you order tonight, you are still a pre-order hero PLUS you get the book tomorrow!)
#jewishjoy
#jewishcrafts
#theartofjewishjoy

What makes a water fight more fun? 👀✨When you deco

What makes a water fight more fun? 👀✨When you decorate the squirt bottle with all sorts of fun craft supplies! ✨@gluedots work really well for crafts like this! #summercrafts #boredombusters #getcrafty

#SnailMail 💌 is not dead! A gaggle of parents join

#SnailMail 💌 is not dead! A gaggle of parents joined me at @dillydallybk to make cuter mail for their kiddos at camp (and on other adventures too)! It was the most beautiful mess of markers, bakers twine, @lovepipsticks stickers (oh the stickers!!), sparkly gemstones and more.
💌
I emphatically believe it’s just as satisfying to send a lil surprise and delight in the mail as it is to receive it. Try it…and let me know! 💌 #snailmailsocial #campmail

Come make un-boring mail to send your kids at camp

Come make un-boring mail to send your kids at camp on July 14th in Brooklyn @dillydallybk or July 22nd in Larchmont @theideakitchen ! There are 4 options—make all 4 or just 1! We’ll be making…
💌 a name garland
💌 a mini paper bag scrapbook
💌 a mailable hug
💌 a sticker letter
Ticket / RSVP via links in bio!
#campmail
#mailart
#snailmailcrafts

Join me to make your very own crafty mail for your

Join me to make your very own crafty mail for your kids at camp (or to send to anyone, anywhere!)!

Links for the Brooklyn and Larchmont workshops in my bio! Space is limited…act now!

Popping this pretty lil thing in the mailbox today! Forever inspired by my most creative friend @kieracoffee, who, to my mind, is the originator of the acetate mailing genius!
#mailart #campmail #carepackage

Join us at @dillydallybk on July 14th or in Westch

Join us at @dillydallybk on July 14th or in Westchester at @theideakitchen on July 22nd to make WAY better mail 💌 to send your kids at sleepaway camp!

Links to buy tix 🎟️ in bio!
Space is limited so act quickly!

✨Thanks to our bestie @lovepipsticks for providing us with the cutest stickers ever!!✨

#mailart #camnmail #cleanawavramp
car

💛💕While @theartofjewishjoy is packed with hands-on

💛💕While @theartofjewishjoy is packed with hands-on projects, every so often we let an idea just be an idea — no glue required, no scissors in sight. For these pages we leaned on @suzyultman to do what she does best: a beautifully illustrated thought...something to just sit with instead of make. 💛💕

Found my entire career at an antique shop for $2

Found my entire career at an antique shop for $2

Sandy Kapiloff, wherever you are — your book found its person!
#vintagecraftbooks
#craftbusiness
#bargainhunting

My perfect night: Prospect Park + my people + outd

My perfect night: Prospect Park + my people + outdoor dining + dancing + a themed table (obviously).

Once a year, @prospect_park hosts the #ProspectParkSoiree, and Brooklyn devotees haul entire dinner party setups into the park for the most joyful, unforgettable evening imaginable. My crew generously lets me go full creative director, and this year we leaned into my college major: black-and-white darkroom.

The assignment: wear black and white and bring a black-and-white dish if you feel inspired (shoutout to the onigiri!). The table featured my old negatives wired into “flower” arrangements, film canisters as napkin rings, red fairy lights, a giant film-strip runner, and a clothesline strung with vintage photos of New York windows—mixed with surprise shots of every guest’s home...at night.

Michael and I drove to everyone’s houses after dark and photographed whatever we could see through the windows. (Entirely PG, I promise.) Walking through New York at night delivers peeks into the lives stacked above and beside your own—glowing lamps, crown moulding, overflowing bookshelves, and the occasional person taking a quiet beat.

From my time spent flipping through my old prints and negatives to the conversations it sparked that night with strangers, I have a lot more to say about nostalgia, film, and the delicious anticipation of waiting for your photos—but I’ll save that for another post.

Beautiful night. Beautiful friends. Beautiful energy. Feeling very lucky.

I will forever love crafting with kids, watching t

I will forever love crafting with kids, watching them light up with joy and surprise. But there’s something about crafting with people who used to be kids that’s satisfying in a different way. Watching adults play with printmaking styles, paint-covered hands and unexpected results—it’s like handing them a deep breath mixed with a giggle and a gold star ⭐️.

Thanks for letting me take part in an amazing day, @trybalgatherings !

Here’s what I tell my little CREATOLOGISTS…both sc

Here’s what I tell my little CREATOLOGISTS…both science and art require observation, experimentation, and creativity!

#artandscience #chromatography #artteacher

Whether it’s Halloween costumes, pink Barbie slime

Whether it’s Halloween costumes, pink Barbie slime or paper mache hands for centerpieces...it’s all the same creative energy, just different craft supplies. The recipe has always stayed the same: inspiration, daydreaming, a little failure, and a lot of trying again. Life as a professional crafter...lucky doesn’t even cover it.

(Paper mache hands and butterflies, mounted to old books and adorned with flowers by @esblooms for the @houseofspeakeasy 2026 gala.)

I’ve never collaborated on a craft book before cre

I’ve never collaborated on a craft book before creating @theartofjewishjoy. I realized that I couldn’t always rely on the image in my head to make sense to @suzyultman (although I’d say 90% of our projects were super-clear to one-another in concept form). So I committed at times to communicate via sketching—to an illustrator who is very adept at communicating via drawing!

Here are two examples of when my colored-pencil play really referenced the final craft—a cardboard sukkah and a cape costume for Purim!

(Last pic…) I ran through a few notebooks in the development…pictured here with some homemade @cricut -created prototyped stickers (you’ll get your own in the back of the book!).

I became an upcycling crafter totally by accident…

I became an upcycling crafter totally by accident…it was really a shortcut to making something substantial, pieced together with ready-made shapes. And then it just became obvious—teach kids (and people who used to be kids) to reuse what you have…and make it work for you! Whether you are making book ends from water bottles or a toy traffic light from a @pringles can, we can make amazing objects that add function to the beautiful forms we create! Happy #EarthDay! #upcycledcrafts #trashtotreasure

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DIY costumes can feel overwhelming when they call

DIY costumes can feel overwhelming when they call for hard-to-find (or pricey!) materials. This 🐦‍⬛ black crow 🐦‍⬛ costume is the total opposite. The “cape” is made from a black hooded towel and a few trash bags. And bonus: it’s waterproof, so file this one under Perfect Rainy-Day Halloween Costume! 🖤

Photographs by @alexandragrablewski , featured in @betterhomesandgardens Tricks and Treats 2026 issue!

Accidental art might be one of my favorite concept

Accidental art might be one of my favorite concepts. I define the term as when the universe hits “shuffle” and makes something beautiful you never could have planned.

I was searching my phone for a specific photo, hoping it would know exactly what I was looking for. (Spoiler: it didn’t.) What it did do was pull up images that had absolutely nothing to do with one another and put them side by side. And I was intrigued by the combinations! (For the curious, my search was BLOCK SQUARE BUILDING. I’ll share the resulting grid in my stories.)

So I thought: what if I typed a random adjective plus a color? I tried KIND BLUE, and it pulled up every photo it considered a match. (And yes, I take a lot of photos: reminders, crafts to share, my family, a cool sweater I fell in love with. I suspect I’m not the only one.)

Here’s how I turned it into art:

✨ I made a KIND BLUE folder in my photos and dragged my favorites in.
✨ In @picstitch (an app I downloaded years ago for collages), I picked the 9 I liked most. I didn’t zoom or crop, but that’s definitely not a rule.
✨ I printed the collage 18 inches square, leaving a little white space at the bottom. @staples does this very affordably. Go with an engineering print for copy-paper quality, or spend a little more for nicer paper.

Insta-art! Accidental art! Every member of my family is in there, plus some travel and some crafts.

What adjective + color would you try? 💙 #accidentalart #instaart

When brainstorming costumes that call for a cape,

When brainstorming costumes that call for a cape, we knew we didn’t want to always go the obvious route. But then the idea of a good witch/bad witch duo popped up—and casting the cutest pup in the world as the villain? Well, that was a no-brainer. 🐶🖤

Our good witch got a seriously rad makeover, complete with a fascinator hat and leg warmers. And her cape? A princess nightgown, transformed into a whimsical little masterpiece. This #Glindathegoodwitch is ready for the runway! 🪄✨

Photographs by @alexandragrablewski for @betterhomesandgardens
#wickedcostume
#wicked
#dogcostume
#doghalloweencostume

Not all heroes wear capes, but some monsters do! 🔴

Not all heroes wear capes, but some monsters do! 🔴🟠🟡🟣🔵

If your kid prioritizes warmth and comfort in a costume, this maximalist monster, sporting a bath-robe-turned-pom-pom-cape is a win! Just tuck the sleeves inside out, pin them in place and either use the hood as a headpiece or make one from a headband, felt, and pompoms.

🎃👻🦇 Featured in @betterhomesandgardens Halloween Tricks and Treats 2026 issue. Photographed by @alexandragrablewski, hair and make-up by @ivaalouise

Join Amanda, co-author of @theartofjewishjoy, to k

Join Amanda, co-author of @theartofjewishjoy, to kick off your weekend and Shabbat with a FREE crafternoon at @dillydallybk in Prospect Heights, Brooklyn! We’ll be making “soothing stones”— 🎨painted worry rocks that help the nervous system settle down for some good R&R.

We’ll start with a little rock hunt in Dilly Dally’s backyard, followed by painting and some yummy challah, made from their family recipe! Comments ROCKS and we’ll DM you the link to RSVP!

Absurdly cute illustrated rocks pictured here were made by my co-author, @suzyultman!

You can purchase a signed copy there! 📚

Amanda here…sharing what was actually my first ins

Amanda here…sharing what was actually my first inspiration in making @theartofjewishjoy !

Comment KIDSYK and I’ll DM a link to these free, downloadable worksheets!

💕What’s all the excitement about? 💕They pre-ordere

💕What’s all the excitement about? 💕They pre-ordered The Art of Jewish Joy @theartofjewishjoy and it arrives tomorrow — turns out anticipation looks a lot like a dance party.

If you want to join the party, comment JOY and we’ll send a DM with the link!

(And if you order tonight, you are still a pre-order hero PLUS you get the book tomorrow!)
#jewishjoy
#jewishcrafts
#theartofjewishjoy

What makes a water fight more fun? 👀✨When you deco

What makes a water fight more fun? 👀✨When you decorate the squirt bottle with all sorts of fun craft supplies! ✨@gluedots work really well for crafts like this! #summercrafts #boredombusters #getcrafty

#SnailMail 💌 is not dead! A gaggle of parents join

#SnailMail 💌 is not dead! A gaggle of parents joined me at @dillydallybk to make cuter mail for their kiddos at camp (and on other adventures too)! It was the most beautiful mess of markers, bakers twine, @lovepipsticks stickers (oh the stickers!!), sparkly gemstones and more.
💌
I emphatically believe it’s just as satisfying to send a lil surprise and delight in the mail as it is to receive it. Try it…and let me know! 💌 #snailmailsocial #campmail

Come make un-boring mail to send your kids at camp

Come make un-boring mail to send your kids at camp on July 14th in Brooklyn @dillydallybk or July 22nd in Larchmont @theideakitchen ! There are 4 options—make all 4 or just 1! We’ll be making…
💌 a name garland
💌 a mini paper bag scrapbook
💌 a mailable hug
💌 a sticker letter
Ticket / RSVP via links in bio!
#campmail
#mailart
#snailmailcrafts

Join me to make your very own crafty mail for your

Join me to make your very own crafty mail for your kids at camp (or to send to anyone, anywhere!)!

Links for the Brooklyn and Larchmont workshops in my bio! Space is limited…act now!

Popping this pretty lil thing in the mailbox today! Forever inspired by my most creative friend @kieracoffee, who, to my mind, is the originator of the acetate mailing genius!
#mailart #campmail #carepackage

Join us at @dillydallybk on July 14th or in Westch

Join us at @dillydallybk on July 14th or in Westchester at @theideakitchen on July 22nd to make WAY better mail 💌 to send your kids at sleepaway camp!

Links to buy tix 🎟️ in bio!
Space is limited so act quickly!

✨Thanks to our bestie @lovepipsticks for providing us with the cutest stickers ever!!✨

#mailart #camnmail #cleanawavramp
car

💛💕While @theartofjewishjoy is packed with hands-on

💛💕While @theartofjewishjoy is packed with hands-on projects, every so often we let an idea just be an idea — no glue required, no scissors in sight. For these pages we leaned on @suzyultman to do what she does best: a beautifully illustrated thought...something to just sit with instead of make. 💛💕

Found my entire career at an antique shop for $2

Found my entire career at an antique shop for $2

Sandy Kapiloff, wherever you are — your book found its person!
#vintagecraftbooks
#craftbusiness
#bargainhunting

My perfect night: Prospect Park + my people + outd

My perfect night: Prospect Park + my people + outdoor dining + dancing + a themed table (obviously).

Once a year, @prospect_park hosts the #ProspectParkSoiree, and Brooklyn devotees haul entire dinner party setups into the park for the most joyful, unforgettable evening imaginable. My crew generously lets me go full creative director, and this year we leaned into my college major: black-and-white darkroom.

The assignment: wear black and white and bring a black-and-white dish if you feel inspired (shoutout to the onigiri!). The table featured my old negatives wired into “flower” arrangements, film canisters as napkin rings, red fairy lights, a giant film-strip runner, and a clothesline strung with vintage photos of New York windows—mixed with surprise shots of every guest’s home...at night.

Michael and I drove to everyone’s houses after dark and photographed whatever we could see through the windows. (Entirely PG, I promise.) Walking through New York at night delivers peeks into the lives stacked above and beside your own—glowing lamps, crown moulding, overflowing bookshelves, and the occasional person taking a quiet beat.

From my time spent flipping through my old prints and negatives to the conversations it sparked that night with strangers, I have a lot more to say about nostalgia, film, and the delicious anticipation of waiting for your photos—but I’ll save that for another post.

Beautiful night. Beautiful friends. Beautiful energy. Feeling very lucky.

I will forever love crafting with kids, watching t

I will forever love crafting with kids, watching them light up with joy and surprise. But there’s something about crafting with people who used to be kids that’s satisfying in a different way. Watching adults play with printmaking styles, paint-covered hands and unexpected results—it’s like handing them a deep breath mixed with a giggle and a gold star ⭐️.

Thanks for letting me take part in an amazing day, @trybalgatherings !

Here’s what I tell my little CREATOLOGISTS…both sc

Here’s what I tell my little CREATOLOGISTS…both science and art require observation, experimentation, and creativity!

#artandscience #chromatography #artteacher

Whether it’s Halloween costumes, pink Barbie slime

Whether it’s Halloween costumes, pink Barbie slime or paper mache hands for centerpieces...it’s all the same creative energy, just different craft supplies. The recipe has always stayed the same: inspiration, daydreaming, a little failure, and a lot of trying again. Life as a professional crafter...lucky doesn’t even cover it.

(Paper mache hands and butterflies, mounted to old books and adorned with flowers by @esblooms for the @houseofspeakeasy 2026 gala.)

I’ve never collaborated on a craft book before cre

I’ve never collaborated on a craft book before creating @theartofjewishjoy. I realized that I couldn’t always rely on the image in my head to make sense to @suzyultman (although I’d say 90% of our projects were super-clear to one-another in concept form). So I committed at times to communicate via sketching—to an illustrator who is very adept at communicating via drawing!

Here are two examples of when my colored-pencil play really referenced the final craft—a cardboard sukkah and a cape costume for Purim!

(Last pic…) I ran through a few notebooks in the development…pictured here with some homemade @cricut -created prototyped stickers (you’ll get your own in the back of the book!).

I became an upcycling crafter totally by accident…

I became an upcycling crafter totally by accident…it was really a shortcut to making something substantial, pieced together with ready-made shapes. And then it just became obvious—teach kids (and people who used to be kids) to reuse what you have…and make it work for you! Whether you are making book ends from water bottles or a toy traffic light from a @pringles can, we can make amazing objects that add function to the beautiful forms we create! Happy #EarthDay! #upcycledcrafts #trashtotreasure

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