Instructions

1. The first step is to place your wine glass upside-down on your cardboard. Take a pen or pencil and draw around the rim of the glass to create a circle on the cardboard with a matching size. I highly recommend that you use high-quality white cardboard for this step, not the cheap brown stuff which packing boxes tend to be made of. You want the cardboard to sort of “blend in” with the finished candleholder, not call attention to itself.
2. Once you have drawn the circle, you will need to cut it out using a pair of scissors. Try to err a bit on the side of too big rather than too small. If you cut the circle too small, you will have to try again; if too big you can fix (we’ll get to that later).
3. Next, select the ornament that you wish to use. The main requirements are twofold. First of all, it needs to fit neatly inside the upside-down wine glass. Secondly, it needs to have a stable base.
4. Use hot glue to attach the ornament to the circle you have cut out. You can see now why we had to use cardboard instead of paper; paper would not provide adequate support for the weight of the ornament.
5. Sprinkle some artificial snow inside the wine glass. You are going to want some of it to stick to the bottom and sides, but some of it to fall when you turn the glass over (as you will be doing shortly). So I would recommend spraying a little adhesive inside before you add the artificial snow. That way, some of it will stick to the bottom.
6. Use your hot glue gun to add a layer of glue around the rim of the glass.
7. Now, turn the piece of cardboard with the ornament glued to it upside down. Lower the ornament into the glass, and then press down around the edges so that the glue adheres to the cardboard. Wait a moment for the glue to dry.
8. Flip the glass upside-down and set it down on your work surface. When you do this, the ornament will be right-side-up. A bit of the artificial snow should fall down from the top of the glass to land on the ornament.  
9. Next, you are going to use your hot glue to attach a bow to the stem of the glass right above the bulb. Don’t have a bow? You can make one using some ribbon. I suggest tying a little twine around the knot so that it holds. Some carefully-applied glue might also do the trick.
10. Your candleholder is starting to look pretty fabulous now, but look at those cardboard edges sticking out at the bottom! You need to do something about that. Thankfully, this is as easy as picking up a pair of scissors and doing a little trimming.
11. The last step is to get a candle and place it on top of your candleholder (which is actually the base of the wine glass).