global gifts

Celebrate your birthday by choosing one of a dozen charming floral birthstone earrings designed by Bali's Nyoman Rena. Crafted from shining sterling silver, each of the 12 pairs of earring 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.

Ketut Sulastri creates a fabulous design by linking three separate necklaces into one. Evoking lotus buds and blossoms, two pendants take shape in sterling silver. The medium length chain features a teardrop carnelian while the longest culminates in a white cultured pearl and a carnelian globe. Diminutive garnets stud the chains.

Silver globes reflect the moon in enchanting earrings by Kadek Wijanegara. Covering sterling lanterns, they appear again and again, symbolizing the moon's importance in Balinese culture.

.925 Sterling silver

[The primary image featured here shows the backside of this unique World Peace Project pendant; see the front view in the alternative photos, where the pendant symbolizes a peaceful, simple, clean earth.] "The center of this pendant symbolizes the world, surrounded by a chain that symbolizes the world's peoples holding on to each other and being connected. On the reverse side, diverse religious symbols speak to the need for inclusion, regardless of identifiers," the artist explains.

"If humans want to live peacefully and sustainably, world peace is essential," explains artisan Nyoman Ariawan. "To create a peaceful world, all countries must work together to make advancements that benefit all humans, regardless of their origin. I hope that all countries respect each other and maintain world peace. Global problems can be solved through dialogue and respect for applicable international law, without war.

"To attain peace, humanity needs to show its heart," says the artisan, who crafts this sterling silver pendant necklace in Denpasar, incorporating traditional Balinese motifs throughout the design, with a Celtic pattern on the Borobudur chain that symbolizes the close human bond, and a heart-shaped pendant with a hammered finish, that on the reverse side incorporates the symbology of diverse religions, all beating together in this heart, living in harmony side-by-side-among -- symbols of Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, Taoism, Islam, Christianity, Shinto, and Sikhism, which spread in the world but here live together in peace.

By Ketut Sulastri, this intriguing pendant evokes an ancient lantern decorated with plumeria blossoms. It opens to reveal a shining brass sphere. Garnet globes punctuate the length of the long silver chain and the sterling pendant is crowned with peridot.

Also called "angel necklaces" and "harmony balls," Such necklaces are often worn by pregnant women in Bali and also in Mexico. The chain lets the pendant reach to the belly and the delicate sounds are thought to soothe the mother and the baby she is carrying. Some believe it summons a guardian angel, thus making it a symbol of loving protection.

A sterling silver teardrop with lacy openwork patterns hosts a sleek blue enameled globe inside. It chimes like a small bell. Ketut Sulastri crafts the necklace by hand with polished spheres of amazonite along the long silver chain.

Also called "angel necklaces" and "harmony balls," Such necklaces are often worn by pregnant women in Bali and also in Mexico. The chain lets the pendant reach to the belly and the delicate sounds are thought to soothe the mother and the baby she is carrying. Some believe it summons a guardian angel, thus making it a symbol of loving protection.

Lacy and lovely, a sterling silver locket holds a red enameled globe that chimes like a small bell. Ketut Sulastri crafts the necklace by hand with white cultured pearls and petite garnet gemstones along the long silver chain.

Also called "angel necklaces" and "harmony balls," Such necklaces are often worn by pregnant women in Bali and also in Mexico. The chain lets the pendant reach to the belly and the delicate sounds are thought to soothe the mother and the baby she is carrying. Some believe it summons a guardian angel, thus making it a symbol of loving protection.

Crowned with a garnet cabochon, a sterling silver sphere hosts a shining brass globe inside. It chimes like a small bell. Ketut Sulastri crafts the necklace by hand with a very long silver chain.

Also called "angel necklaces" and "harmony balls," Such necklaces are often worn by pregnant women in Bali and also in Mexico. The chain lets the pendant reach to the belly and the delicate sounds are thought to soothe the mother and the baby she is carrying. Some believe it summons a guardian angel, thus making it a symbol of loving protection.

A sterling silver sphere with floral openwork holds a purple enameled globe inside that chimes like a small bell. Ketut Sulastri crafts the necklace by hand with white cultured pearls and petite amethyst gemstones along the long silver chain.

Also called "angel necklaces" and "harmony balls," Such necklaces are often worn by pregnant women in Bali and also in Mexico. The chain lets the pendant reach to the belly and the delicate sounds are thought to soothe the mother and the baby she is carrying. Some believe it summons a guardian angel, thus making it a symbol of loving protection.

Crowned with amethyst, a sterling silver sphere hosts a sleek enameled globe inside that chimes like a small bell. Ketut Sulastri crafts the necklace by hand with white cultured pearls and petite amethyst gemstones along the long silver chain.

Also called "angel necklaces" and "harmony balls," Such necklaces are often worn by pregnant women in Bali and also in Mexico. The chain lets the pendant reach to the belly and the delicate sounds are thought to soothe the mother and the baby she is carrying. Some believe it summons a guardian angel, thus making it a symbol of loving protection.

Crafted by hand as novel earrings, shining silver frogs sing of summer rain. They cling to lily pads of cool green amethyst, known as prasiolite, and feature tsavorite (green garnet) eyes. Sterling globes bathed in 18k gold adorn their backs. The gemstones total 2.6 carats in earrings by Kadek Hendra Suarjaya.

.925 Sterling silver

Crowned with garnet, a sterling silver sphere hosts sleek red-orange enameled globe inside. It chimes like a small bell. Ketut Sulastri crafts the necklace by hand with polished carnelian spheres along the silver chain.

Also called "angel necklaces" and "harmony balls," Such necklaces are often worn by pregnant women in Bali and also in Mexico. The chain lets the pendant reach to the belly and the delicate sounds are thought to soothe the mother and the baby she is carrying. Some believe it summons a guardian angel, thus making it a symbol of loving protection.