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Hide and Go Seek with Doodle

Doodle invites you to a friendly game of Hide and Go Seek in the Carlsbad Village. Doodle dares you to try to find him. He knows the village well and warns you that his hiding spots are nearly impossible to find, but to make things interesting, he has supplied some clues… How the Hunt for […]

Snyder’s LA Art Hunt winners

Snyder Art and the carlsbadcrawl collective have been doing art hunt and community based art projects and installations in the streets of Carlsbad for over 3 years now. Each year the highly anticipated craft parties and hunts are planted in the streets for Easter and Christmas morning. Group paintings pop up on the corners of […]

Doodle Plants an Urban Garden by Snyder

Doodle wanders the streets planting his colorful ideas. He encourages members and visitors of the Los Angeles community to find each of his flowers. This scavenger hunt attempts to encourage an artistically aware culture while promoting friendship, local businesses and the urban exploration through street art. “Rather than placing art on the walls of a […]

Eggs in the Streets: 2011

One of the most enjoyable parts of each project is crawling the village streets in the early morning. The village is dark, quiet and motionless. An early morning chill tumbles down the empty paths and an early bird serenades in the distance. Enjoy the photos of your favorite crafted eggs planted in our local streets! […]

The 2011 Egg Golden Carl Winner is…

The coveted Golden Carl was first awarded late last year  during PROJECT: Plant an Ornament 2010. The tradition continues… Congratulations Amanda Solie for receiving 2011’s PROJECT: Plant an Egg Best of Show Golden Carl. The Golden Carl is awarded to the craft that shows best use of the given materials, creativity and craftsmanship. CLICK ON […]

Plant an Egg 2011: BONUS EGG WINNER

Congratulations Chris McCann for identifying the “Village Sound” and winning a limited edition Easter Doodle Illustration by Bryan Snyder. Click HERE to listen to the Plant the Egg 2011 village sound! Do you recognize the sound? Where?

PROJECT: Plant an Egg 2011

Thanks for participating in the 4th annual PROJECT: Plant an Egg. Log your egg below and don’t forget to include a description and location. Click HERE to view the puzzle! Click HERE to view the map! Click HERE for additional clues! Click HERE to meet the 2011 crafters!

4th Annual Plant an Egg Craft Night

Carlsbadcrawl.com kicked off its 4th annual community project called PROJECT: Plant an Egg 2011 with a community plastic egg decorating gathering organized by Bryan Snyder of Snyder Art and hosted by Crafticality on April 20, 2011. The night consisted of craft, food, LIVE music by Jon Ji and over 50 egg crafters, many which have […]

4th Annual Egg Craft Night

Carlsbadcrawl.com’s 4th annual PROJECT: Plant an Egg begins again with a community gathering craft party hosted at Crafticality in the Carlsbad Village. WHAT: Craft Party for an upcoming community scavenger hunt WHEN: Wed. April 20th 6pm WHERE: Crafticality in the Carlsbad Village (map) WHY: craft, food, drink, music and friendship COST: $5 donation MUSIC: Jon […]

Planted: 2010 Ornaments

There is something special about walking the village during the first hours of Christmas morning. The fog rolls in thick each year and a blanket of moisture splashes across the silent streets like an empty wave upon an undiscovered beach. Each ornament is planted with thought and care. A relationship between the craft and its […]

The Golden Carl winner is…

PROJECT: Plant an Ornament 2010’s craft night was attended by more than 60 friends, strangers and family this year making it the largest attended craft night to date. Each a year a favorite craft is chosen, but this year marks the beginning of a tradition… the Golden Carl. Congratulations Suzette from Grow: Gift Studio and […]

The Golden Carl Awards

WHAT: The innaguaral Golden Carl Craft Awards WHEN: Thursday, Dec. 30th WHERE: www.carlsbadcrawl.com See the entire collection of PROJECT: Plant an Ornament’s crafts during www.carlsbadcrawl.com’s first award ceremony post. A variety of chosen ornaments will receive awards, but only one will take home the Golden Carl. Click HERE for PROJECT: Plant an Ornament 2010 info!

Project: Plant an Ornament 2010

Did you find one of the 80 crafted ornaments? They are currently scattered in the village streets. Log the ornament number below as a comment and… don’t forget to include a description of your ornament! Project begins Christmas morning!!! Each logged ornament exposes a puzzle piece! Click HERE to see the puzzle! Click HERE for […]

Crafting for Plant an Ornament 2010

What began as 6 friends crafting over a coffee table has grown over the past 3 years into an event attended by 50+ family and friends. Live music by Sprout Farm bounced off the colorful walls of Crafticality as PROJECT: Plant an Ornament 2010’s craft night kicked off another Christmas themed art installation by carlsbadcrawl.com […]

2010 Ornament Craft Night @ Crafticality

WHAT: Craft night for future public art installation hosted by Crafticality WHERE: Crafticality in the Carlsbad Village (map) WHEN: Tuesday Dec. 21st. 6PM WHO: Anyone and Everyone MUSIC: Sprout Farm Come celebrate a full moon, the first day and Winter and the 3rd annual carlsbadcrawl.com PROJECT: Plant and Ornament. All ornaments will be used for […]

Carlsbad Bird Houses: 6 days

Carlsbad Bird Houses, a public art installation, is my way of giving back to the community and wishing you all the Happiest of Holidays! Have you found all 18 bird houses? Purchase your own or one for a loved on on December 10th at Snyder Art 2010! www.snyderart2010.com

The Informed Voter

As the 2010 election comes to a close our village will soon be cleansed of the brightly colored signage that scatters the streets. Until then, signs clump at intersections and sway in coastal breeze. They stand steadfast on private property and lobby at business forefronts. Matt Hall jumped the gun, then covered every inch of […]

Final BONUS EGG winners

Art connects people… it’s a friendly nod, a hearty handshake and an inspirational conversation into the early morning. The goal of our projects is to connect the people who visit and live in our neighborhoods with the beauty of our village. Mike and Ralene, from Palm Desert, found a Bonus Egg on Easter morning this […]

Painting Winners: Brian, Rachel and Lilly

PROJECT: Plant an Egg 2010 has rewarded three lucky BONUS EGG winners with an original Snyder Art painting. A blue wave, which currently hangs at E Street Cafe in Encinitas, was chosen first. Ana from CHS choose the pink wave and… Brian and Rachel have been crawling the Carlsbad village streets since our first project… […]

Ana wins a Snyder Art painting

PROJECT: Plant an Egg 2010 concluded with 3 Bonus Egg searchers finding, logging and identifying the mystery village sound. They all took home an original Snyder Art drip painting. Congratulations Ana from CHS for your lucky find! Click HERE to see if you can identify the village sound…


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