The Easter Bunny is coming in ten days, which means the “Easter Bunny” is probably in need of fresh Easter basket ideas for family and friends.

How about adding a dash of whimsy and wit to your present this year? Our Hippity Hoppity Chocolate Bar and Very Best Thing To Give Chocolate Bar are candy/card hybrids that should do the trick.

Now, all you have to worry about is finding great hiding places for those plastic eggs. How about hiding one in your clandestine thoughts of eating all the candy meant for the kids?

“Knock Knocker Scribbles” is a new column under our “In It for the Money” category, where you can get to know the Knock Knock team—from creative to sales to logistics to . . . everything! Each week, someone in the office fills out a questionnaire. They are given a day to complete it to their liking, with scrawls, scratch outs, doodles, and all.

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You really do shine, Jazzy! That’s a perfect picture. And “hip-po-pot-a-mus”—do we get an “A for effort” too?!

Last Friday, while our IT guys were updating our Creative Suite software, the Knock Knock creative team decided to play (classy) hooky.

We took a field trip to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), to see the “California Design, 1930-1965: Living In a Modern Way” exhibition, a part of the museum’s Pacific Standard Time series. The exhibit embodied the furniture, graphic design, fashion, and overall creative outpour of post-World War II culture stemming from California. If you’re in the Los Angeles area, definitely check it out. (And if you’re an Eames enthusiast, you don’t want to miss it.) The exhibition ends 6/3.

The entrance. That’s a 1936 Airstream Clipper on the right. And our creative director Craig to the slight left of it.

Our designers. Alexis looks at before and after pics of the Los Angeles population boom between 1922 and 1930. And Brad reads about how the era influenced graphic design.

The Ice Gun is one of my personal favorites.

The original 1962 Barbie Dream House.

Our assistant editor Kate watches a vintage commercial for the Polaroid Swinger.

Inspiration.

We also had a chance to see Metropolis II, with 100,000 toy cars “driving” around the city. With scaled-down, frenzied traffic that’s undoubtedly overwhelming, us Los Angelenos can certainly relate to the piece. Check out the video of it below.

Finally, we wrapped up the afternoon with lunch and sangria at the Original Farmers Market. What a delicious day.

We’re number one fans of our fans. (We’re sure you know how much you contribute to our existence.) So we want to thank you all with a column dedicated to you: “FOKKer Fridays”! Once a month, we will be featuring a certain FOKKer and their Knock Knock stuff-related stories.

Twitter convos with FOKKers delight us during the day, and more so when you all include beautiful pictures of how you use our stuff. It’s comforting knowing our products aren’t sitting idly by the wayside.

One of our most vivacious Twitter followers is Jen, or @jen_marq. She sends us her charming Instagram photos from time to time. You may have seen some of them as well on our social media channels. Check them all out here.

See? We just had to dedicate our FOKKer Friday to her!

Jen and all her Knock Knock swag. Eat your heart out, Vanna White.

Name: Jen Marquez

Location: Chicago, Illinois.

Occupation: Graphic designer.

Favorite KK Product? The Idea Life Log. I think it’s a great tool and catalyst for the creative process, and I’m excited to start using mine!

Knock Knock Story Time? The first Knock Knock product I got was the Pep Talk Nifty Notes. I used them all the time in the office whenever someone was having a rough day, and it always was able to brighten their mood.

No, thank you, Jen. You've gone and tipped the "Awesome Scale."

We assume you FOKKers must love guessing games, since over the last two weeks we received nearly 300 entries for this contest.

Now, you must be itching to find out what the exact number is. Here’s a clue . . .

567 Fucked Up Pill Erasers!

Sorry, we couldn’t contain our own excitement. But yes, there were 567 erasers in that jar.

We were surprised that the day we announced the contest, not one, but two people guessed the number exactly right. However, time was all the difference, and the person who entered first was named the winner.

So without further ado . . .

Congratulations Haya Husain of Austin, Texas!

Haya, expect a direct message from us to collect your winnings—$30 worth of Knock Knock stuff!

And thank you all for entering. Many of you weren’t very far off, since the average guess was 447 pills. You smart FOKKers, you.

We had an office version of this contest going on simultaneously, where Knock Knockers wrote their guess on a sticky note and stuck it on the jar. Although, our head honcho submitted her guess via email.

Anyways, congratulations to Paul, our assistant manager of operations and customer service!

He guessed 553, and won a heap of office bragging rights. Way to go, Paul!

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This just in. Little did we know that Paul and Gil, our director of operations and customer service, pulled yet another office prank. They stuck the fake rat, a pranking staple at Knock Knock, in the Pill Eraser jar a week ago, hoping that our marketing and digital coordinator (myself), would do a recount and subsequently freak out. Instead, Paul ended up dumping the contents himself, revealing their little trick.

Fellas, watch your backs!

What will we do with Paul and Gil?

“Knock Knocker Scribbles” is a new column under our “In It for the Money” category, where you can get to know the Knock Knock team—from creative to sales to logistics to . . . everything! Each week, someone in the office fills out a questionnaire. They are given a day to complete it to their liking, with scrawls, scratch outs, doodles, and all.

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Odi, is your portrait a metaphor for how you’re young at heart? And is that baby secretly carrying Long Island iced tea in that rattle?

Frog-o, Bee-o, Shark-o, Tig-o, Bird-o, and Squid-o are here and ready for shipping!

Check out the whole Clump-o-Lump family here and prepare yourself for utter cuteness.

And if you haven’t already done so, please Like Clump-o-Lump on Facebook and Follow them on Twitter to get the latest updates on these snuggable creatures!

Note: our excitement can’t be contained right now, as seen by our prominent use of excessive exclamation points!

“Knock Knocker Scribbles” is a new column under our “In It for the Money” category, where you can get to know the Knock Knock team—from creative to sales to logistics to . . . everything! Each week, someone in the office fills out a questionnaire. They are given a day to complete it to their liking, with scrawls, scratch outs, doodles, and all.

Click the pic for an even closer look:

What a completely accurate drawing of yourself, Erin! How about we skip the rest of the workday and watch The Amazing Race while snacking on Now and Laters?

. . . Get lucky with these items instead¹:

The most accurate guesser will win $30 worth of Knock Knock stuff.

We had a few boxes full of rare Knock Knock Fucked Up Pill Erasers* lying around the office. In an effort to give them purpose, we stashed the pills in a massive jar for this month’s blog contest.

So, how many pills do you think are in this fine-looking jar?

Tell us your guess and the person who’s the closest will receive $30 worth of Knock Knock stuff of their choice. We chose $30 since it’s the third month of the year. Imagine that.

To enter:

Post your guess in the comments section of this blog post or email blog@knockknockstuff.com with your answer by 6 p.m. on Tuesday, 3/20. Only one guess per person!

If multiple people have the correct answer, the winner will be chosen at random.

The winner will be announced at the end of March. May the odds be ever in your favor . . . and the even numbers too.

*The story and mystique behind this defunct product is meant for a future blog post. But don’t fret, we’ll share it with you in due time.