In the runup to Christmas and the other holidays Craftmodo is going to be running a series of projects to help you make great gifts for the festive season.

From the pictures you’ve probably guessed what this one is all about. Yes, ornamental candles will be our first running project. They make great gifts and, being hand-crafted, are appreciated by everyone.

Project 2 will be on how to make scented soaps. This is related to candlemaking in that it deals with the fashioning of a similar kind of substance. But it does require different methods and materials. Again soaps make wonderful presents.

Project 3 will expand on our earlier post about marbling paper. This is really my favourite, so we’ll be looking at how hand-marbled papers can be used in many applications, including scrapbooks and lampshades.

We’ll follow these with other projects to be announced later.