I washed the empty wine bottles and soaked the labels off. Keith helped me drill a hole near the bottom of the bottle, about a 1/2 inch from the bottom. We used a glass and ceramic drill bit to make the initial hole and then we had to make the hole big enough to get the strand of Christmas lights through. We used a diamond shaped carbide tipped router bit.
I then used the hot glue gun to glue on the glass beads.
I stuffed an 8' strand of clear Christmas lights in the bottle and left about a foot of cord hang out the hole to plug it in. I left the top of the bottle open so there would be some air circulation through the bottle, because you don't want it to get too hot.
I made a few for Christmas gifts and I plan to make a few more and I would like one for myself! I admit I was stunned at how pretty they look plugged in!
