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 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. Keep scrolling down to learn more about their recycled content, display, and ordering information.
Do you know why most cereal boxes do not get recycled? Generally, their fibers have been recycled once or more already. Each time the quality is less and not as highly valued by industry. It still hurts to throw them away and our neighbors are more then willing to volunteer their cereal boxes. This leaves me with many more then I can use but at the same time I can’t really turn them down. So, I try to stay as busy as I can turning them into stimulating eco-friendly merchandise you can be proud to show.
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.
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 most cards a circle is left unpainted so that some graphics of the original packaging show through.
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Light Weight and Water Resistant Designs on 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. The paper based material has several coats of a water resistant and water based finish that is suitable for intermittent exposure to water. They are hung on surgical steel French hangers with ear nuts to help keep them from getting lost.
Pricing
Wholesale price is $5.00 per pair.
Usual retail price is $10. The range is $8 to $15.
For shipping in the US please add another $4.60 per shipment for Priority Mail service through the US Mail.
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
We make a display that accommodates the folded cards. We can make these to hold about 30 pairs.
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.
For payments we prefer to bill you with a net 30 to 45 day agreement. For first time orders we request references and Fed/State Tax ID info. Credit card payment with Paypal are also an option below.
Download an Order Form in Word format. This can be attached in a email or faxed to us.
Credit Card Payments
Please do not send credit card information directly to us.
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
401 E. Bishop Street
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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