How do you decide what lengths to make your necklaces? What are the most popular lengths that people buy from you?

How about bracelets? What's the most popular length?

Earrings - do most people buy the shorter earrings or do they like longer ones? I read that hoops are popular for the Fall, do you make hoops? Do you decorate manufactured hoops with small beads?

I sure would like to know and I'm sure others would like to know as well.

I make necklaces adjustable from 18" to 20". Long necklaces just don't sell for me, so I don't even bother making them.

I love long earrings, but most people want, and buy, shorter lengths.

Hoops may be in (when are they not?) but I don't worry about what's "in". I make what I like and what I know will sell for me.

I don't use any manufactured findings, except for chain and my bracelet clasps. If I want to decorate a finding with dangles, I make the finding first.
 

Thanks for the reply. It's good to know that most people like short earrings.

A lot of my customers want a shorter necklace so it sits just above the neckline of their shirt.  I do 16 in, 17 in ( I know it's not a standard length but people like it) and 18 in.  I've made a few 20, but nothing longer yet as they don't want to pay the price.

I tend to make my bracelets at around 7 inches long, give or take, and offer to resize if necessary.  So far it's been the perfect size.  However, that 7 inches is depending on the size of beads.  Larger beads tend to require more length to fit even a 7 inch wrist. 

I make both short and long earrings, since my customer base ranges from young to old, and every age in between.  I'd like to get into hoops, but haven't yet--though I know they are popular.

 Alice 

Thanks peachtree for the information. I'll start making a few 17 to 19 inch necklaces. Now I need to find more trigger-type clasps.

I get all my trigger clasps at Artbeads.com.  Alice

I've been making mine 16-18" with extenders on them.  I tend to make them shorter and tell the customer that they can always wear it longer with the extender. 

I had this question about necklaces too, so I created a survey about jewelry preferences before I sent an electronic invitation for a home show. Surprisingly, the preference was evenly distributed between 16-22 inch lengths. There was only 1 respondendent who indicated an opera length (30+in).