Chapter 2: So You're a Year Older.

Chapter 2 of the book "Carved Gifts for All Occasions," by James E. Seitz is presented. It features wood-carved items for birthday occasions, focusing on brooches, animal pendants and other jewel ornaments. It explains unique techniques of putting together items such as a pair of stud earrings made of cherry wood, a necklace that is assembled by using carved elements and a built-up brooch representing a four-leaf clover.