The basic principles of making a winter hanging basket is exactly the same as a summer one. Plant your basket during September or October. If you use a wire basket line it first (you can buy liners from a garden centre like St Bridget Nurseries). Fill the basket half full with compost like a multi-purpose or if you plan to plant heathers use an ericaceous compost. Start by planting one central evergreen centrepiece like a clipped box (buxus), cordyline (the green ones are more frost hardy that the red and purple ones), dwarf conifers or tiny choisya. Around this plant some trailing plants like ivy. For colour try any winter flowering bedding plants like primulas, winter flowering pansies, violas, cyclamen (as illustrated), or winter flowering heathers. Also plant some bulbs like iris for January and crocus for February flowers. Winter hanging baskets are best placed in a sheltered sunny spot, keep an eye on moisture - the basket should be moist but not soggy.
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