Simple Vintage Glass Insulator Bird Feeder for Fall.

by Laurie @ Vinyet Etc

We live in the country and we have lots of different types of wild life, mostly though we have a ton of birds… in the fall we start putting out the suet for our feathered friends, we refill the suet cages usually every 4 days when it’s very cold. Our large bow window is like a big TV, if you’re into bird watching that is. For us it’s a never ending form of relaxation and entertainment. Maybe we should get out more… hahah. ;) Today I wanted to show you how I use some of my favourite vintage insulators to feed our friends.

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A glass insulator, in this case size does not matter. You can hang a bunch of different sizes, colours, get creative and hang a variety of them, this is for your entertainment… go for it I say.

Twine, string, or any cord that appeals to you. Last year I just used jute and I didn’t do anything fancy. This year I wanted to try my hand at macrame and decided to use the jute to do that. I like the way it turned out, it’s not fancy… I liked it just as much last year too with just plain jute.

If you’d like to macrame your jute holder, any tutorial on YouTube will help you with that… that is where I got my VERY simple pattern from this year. But…

If you’d just rather go the simple route, this is what I did, last year. I used 3 separate pieces of jute, the lengths were measured by extending my arms to full span once for each piece. Here is a visual of what my process was.

Once the insulator is secured in the hanger I filled the feeder. I filled the very bottom of the insulator (where the insulator is threaded) with black oil sunflower seeds, I find this little trick makes clean up much faster.

Then, I stuffed the top portion of the insulator with suet. We buy, already made suet, I know you can easily make your own, but that’s where we get lazy.

Then, I simply sprinkle the top and outer edge with black oil sunflower seeds. Pop on over to the blog to see if this little and adorable, if I do say so myself was successful in attracting some cute birds.

*Please note, feeding the birds is a fun past time... but it is not for the faint of heart especially in the cold weather, they come to depend on your feed to survive the long winters.

I hope you've enjoyed my simple vintage feeder I'm sharing for the blog hop, Home for Fall 2015, powered by Hometalk.com.

I’m joining in with other fantastic bloggy friends, we are all sharing different DIY home and garden fall projects for your inspiration. Follow the hashtag to see all of the amazing projects. Thanks for popping by, don't forget to go to the blog to see this feeder in action. Happy Autumn! xo

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Nanc on Jul 04, 2016
What is a glass insulator and where does a person get them? These are just the cutest ever !

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Mssmatch on Nov 03, 2015
Jute has a decreased strength when wet, and also becomes subject to microbial attack in humid climates. Guess the jute I used got attacked and just broke apart!

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- Laurie @ Vinyet Etc on Aug 16, 2016
  It's very similar jute to what I used. Mine is still holding strong, strange.
  
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Lady Anne on Mar 11, 2017

Love this! My dad worked for Ma Bell before he went to seminary at Sewanee and he had a boatload of these hummers.

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