Wholesale Information
Colorful
Educational
Made in the USA
Recycled materials
Established in 1995
Celebrating biodiversity
Appealing to the inner child
More than 100 science and nature designs
Our colorful, thematic designs inspire curiosity and are ideal for stores with an orientation toward science and natural history education. Their appeal extends deeper then the surface image which is why we left the post-consumer cereal box material visible on the reverse. Your visitors will surely find them fun and educational. If they are not buying for themselves, they will think hard about someone else in their lives and whether or not their ears are pierced.
They do receive great comments! Our business inspiration is to create a product that meshes well with the education missions of museums, nature centers, and refuge visitor centers. We also like the idea that the resale revenue goes to supporting such institutions when sold in their gift shops and book stores. Look here for a list of current retail locations.
We create our own colorful, detailed designs. Subjects are chosen and artfully rendered to celebrate curiosity and the wondrous diversity of our world. A playful style speaks to the inner child in people of all ages.
A Cottage Industry
We began Jabebo Earrings in 1995 based on our idea of making earrings out of miniaturized images. For each design we make a die that fits its outline so it is possible to cut them out accurately. We still work out of our house with the help of 5 part time employees.
Follow our link to About Us at left and at the bottom of this page to learn more about us.
Educational
Each design features differing but complementary left and right images. Together, they illustrate narrative ideas about our world.
Recycled Material
Post-consumer cereal box cardboard is used to construct the earrings. Print and images from the cardboard packaging is visible on the reverse of the earrings. Two layers of cardboard are sandwiched together to provide a sturdy base for the color image applied on the front.
A pair of Bison earrings. Reverse side of the earrings
The display cards are also made from cereal box cardboard which are sprayed with water based latex paint. On many cards a circle is left unpainted so that some graphics of the original packaging show through. We also often use the reverse side of the cereal box leaving the original graphics intact on the opposite side. After they are prepared, we send most of our cards to United States Business Card Co. for printing. USBC Co. uses old fashion hand operated letter presses which can print on material that does not go through the typical computer printer. You may check out there website if you are interested in business cards made from cereal boxes.
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Light Weight and Surgical Steel Hangers
Being made from paper, the earrings are light weight and comfortable to wear. Ear nuts to keep them from slipping out are provided. They are hung on surgical steel French hangers with ear nuts to help keep them from getting lost.
Shellac protects from Sun and Water
The earrings are coated with Platina dewaxed shellac providing durability and resistance to water. They will survive the occasional drenching; be it a shower, rain storm, or a sudden jump into a pool. Just be sure it does not last more then a few minutes and they have a chance to dry out. Although, shellac has the historical reputation for discoloring when exposed to water, the improved dewaxed products are more resistant to this. Shellac is also resistant to UV light which eliminates the yellowing effect over time and protects the colors in the earrings images. We like the following two reasons best: it is a natural and renewable product, and it has an interesting natural history resulting from interactions between the lac insect and their tree hosts. Shellac does get soft in high heat so if you were to leave a set of earrings touching each other in a hot car they my stick together. If you wish to learn more about shellac please visit Shellac Shack which is our source for this product.
Pricing
Wholesale price is $5.50 per pair.
Usual retail price is $11 to $12. The range is $8 to $15.
We charge a flat rate of 4.95 shipping regarless how many your order. We ship Priority mail throuh the US Postal Service. Please let us know if USPS does not go to your shipping location so we can use an alternative.
There is no minimum on individual selections. We hope you will choose a variety of designs in order to attract the most attention. The sales of individual designs depend on seasons, geographical regions, and the general popularity of that theme. Some designs are created specially narrow markets. However, their recognizable themes are great attention grabbers.
Packaging
The front of each card identifies our company name with the tag line “Inspire curiosity” since that is what our designs are meant to do. The other side of the card provides product information.
Three varieties of display cards:
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Displays System
When materials are avaliable we make a display system out of old louver paneled closet doors from the Habitat for Humanity Reuse Store. They vary in width depending on the original door but they accommodate the folded cards and hold about 30 pairs. The price is $20.00 but no extra shipping charges will be added to your order.
Jabebo Earrings Sign
This informative sign answers several important questions people may have about our product. Just like the earrings it is made out of a cereal box. The sign measures about 5 inches by 3 inches and features an outline of Pennsylvania which is where we are located. We will include a sign like this with your first order.
Download an Order Form in Word format. This can be attached in a email or faxed to us.
Payments
We prefer to send invoice with a net 30 to 45 day agreement. For first time orders we request references and State Tax and Resale License Information.
Credit Card Payments
Please do not send credit card information directly to us.
If you cannot pay us by check then we can accept payment with a credit card through Paypal. Please email us and we will send a link with the Paypall cart button.
Contact Us:
(814) 861-1498
Fax (814) 689-1866
Jabebo Earrings
Kevin Abbott
PO Box 82
Bellefonte, PA 16823
History
Jabebo Earrings began in 1995 after developing a technique of reproducing small miniature images that can be displayed from earring wires. It quickly became our primary creative outlet as they won praise among our scientist and teacher friends. The first stores that carried them were at nature centers and refuge visitor centers in the Washington DC area where we lived at the time. Today we are still a cottage industry working out of our home. All our earrings are made from beginning to end on our premises. To learn more about us please visit About Us.
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