Measuring your wrist

Ordering bracelets is MUCH easier if you know your correct wrist size. When you purchase one of my bracelets, I want it to fit you properly the first time around! These simple instructions will help you measure your wrist properly, so you can be certain that your bracelet fits you comfortably and in a flattering way!

When measuring your wrist prior to purchasing a bracelet, there are really two factors you should keep in mind: 1) how tightly you want the bracelet to fit, and 2) where you want the bracelet to "sit" or "rest" on your arm."

Start out by using a flexible measuring tape or a dressmaker's tape. Measure your wrist just above the wrist bone (towards the elbow). After doing this, add 1/4" to 1" to your finding~~1/2" is average~~depending on how tightly you like your bracelets to fit and how you want the bracelet to look when you wear it.

The number you come up with is the size bracelet you would wear.

If you don't have a tape measure handy, you can use a piece of twine or string. Loop the twine or string around your wrist and mark it where it overlaps. After marking the string, lay the string flat against a standard ruler and increase the finding by 1/4" to 1". The final number is the size bracelet you would wear.

Here's an interesting fact that many people, including designers and makers of bracelets oftentimes forget when people ask for advice concerning bracelet length and wrist size: The actual linear measurement of a bracelet, or the bracelet's measurement when laid out in a straight line, is not important when purchasing a bracelet. What IS important is the inner diameter of the bracelet when it is toggled or latched shut.

The reasoning for this is because the beads themselves in a bracelet take up some space on the inside circumference or diameter of the piece, making that measurement smaller than the bracelet's linear measurement (or its measurement when laid out flat and measured along a straight line)!

Obviously, the larger the circumference of the beads in a piece and the more of them, the smaller the diameter of the piece will be!

The measurement you want when measuring your wrist prior to purchasing a bracelet is for the inner diameter of the bracelet to match the outer circumference of your wrist, as accurately as possible. This is why it is important that you use a tape measure or a piece of string (and not another bracelet) to determine the length of the piece you wish to purchase.

If you measure your wrist with another bracelet that is bulkier (or less bulky) than the bracelet you wish to purchase, you wil not come up with an accurate wrist measurement and your new purchase may not feel comfortable or look as flattering as possible!

I use a patent pending EZ Bracelet sizing cone to precisely measure each of my bracelets. Most of my beaded lampwork bracelets can be sized, larger or smaller, upon request.

Unfortunately, due to the way a wire worked bracelet is made, it is NOT always possible to resize this type of bracelet. In some cases, a wire worked bracelet can be made larger (or smaller) by adding (or removing) an entire unit to (or from) the bracelet, which increases (or decreases) the size of the bracelet by approximately 3/4" to 1".