birthday necklace

Celebrate your birthday by choosing one of a dozen floral birthstone pendants designed Bali's Nyoman Rena. Crafted from shining sterling silver, each of the 12 pendants features a distinct gemstone representing a different birth month. Born in August? Pick up a pair of peridot gemstones. Sapphire shines for those born in September, while ruby looks pretty for July babies. Each pendant can be easily threaded on Rena's coordinating chain necklace (sold separately).

Winfred Korley celebrates West African beliefs and customs with a hand carved sese wood sculpture. A girl wears a dress of colorful Ghanaian kente cloth and necklaces of beads. In one hand, she holds an egg. "In our culture, when a child is celebrating a birthday, he or she receives a boiled egg to eat in order to satisfy his or her soul. This is something all the tribes in Ghana practice," the artisan explains.