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Have you ever heard the name Jennifer Pugh? She is the artist behind the now infamous Farmhouse calendar that sold at the Dollar Tree a couple of years ago. Did you know she also has tons of art available on her website, including these adorable prints that we are using for this bumblebee resin kitchen diy. If you decide to get some, use our coupon code MET10 for our discount!

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Let’s Work on Our Skillet

Step one: Cut your images out

The first thing I did was cut each of the prints out using a paper cutter. If you don’t have one of these in your craft stash, you have to get one. They are so useful for straight cuts!

How we are tying the kitchen element into this project is with these miniature cast iron skillets from Dollar General! They are the cutest things and make perfect shelf sitters if you don’t want to use them for cooking.

We are going to use this epoxy resin kit to seal these images inside the pans for a unique piece of kitchen decor.

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Step two: Prepare your surface

Make sure your surface is clean and free of dust. I used a wet wipe to clean out my pans, but they were brand new so they were pretty clean already.

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Step three: Seal your image

Next, seal your paper image using mod podge, making sure to get the edges really well.

This ensures that your resin will not absorb into the paper and cause water marks along the edges.

Don’t forget the back, too!

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Step four: Add your image to your skillet

Once the front is dry and the back is still tacky, you want to press it into your cast iron skillet.

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Step five: Prepare your epoxy resin

Then you’ll start working on your epoxy resin.

I used one ounce of each part; the resin and the hardener.

The set that I bought came with these convenient measuring cups so I just filled each one.

After I had both elements poured into the measuring cups, I poured them into another container together.

Make sure to get as much of it as you can out of each one. The kit also came with these wooden craft sticks and they were perfect for this part.

Then it’s time to stir. 3-5 minutes it said and four minutes seemed to be the golden ticket.

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Step six: Pour the prepared resin into the skillet

Once my timer was up, I poured the mixture into the skillet and let it level itself out.

I love the way it looks already. But it needs to dry now.

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Step seven: Add any embellishments while the resin is still liquid

But wait! I remembered I had these tiny gold bees so I added one of those to the resin.

It just sunk right down into it. Fun!

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Step eight: Get rid of the bubbles and dust

If you have air bubbles, you can use a heat gun to get rid of those. Just blow the hot air towards the resin and the air bubbles will start to pop. It’s kind of satisfying. Lol

I used a toothpick and a piece of paper towel and picked up any piece of dust that had settled on the surface of the resin.

But once it was free of any imperfections, I covered it and let it dry overnight.

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Now, Let’s Work on External Embellishments

I wanted to add one of these cute honey dippers to each skillet, but they did not have a way to do so, so I drilled a hole myself.

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Step one: Drill a hole in the end of the honey dipper

The size bit that I used was a 1/16″, the one you see missing below.

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Step two: String craft wire through the hole

Instead of using string or jute, since my hole had to be so small, I decided to use 24 gauge craft wire to attach the honey dipper to the skillet handle.

First thing I did was cut about a foot long piece of wire and fished it through the hole in the end of the honey dipper. Then I twisted it to secure it.

I didn’t think the honey dipper alone would look good especially since it was wired on, so I decided to add some wooden beads, too. The size beads that I used were 8mm.

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Step three: Add beads to the wire

To start, I added one bead to both pieces of the wire.

Then I separated the wires and added five beads to both sides.

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Step three: Secure the beads

To secure, close the wires again and add a single bead to both pieces of wire again.

Then you’ll wrap your wire around your top bead to secure everything. Push the wire through the hole that was created and wrap it around the wire under the top bead. Do this for both sides of the wire, but alternate which direction that you push your wire through.

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Step four: Add a ribbon or an awareness bow

This yellow gingham ribbon was the perfect finishing touch I thought. Just simple awareness bows is what I used for these as I didn’t want to take away from the skillet.

I just twisted them onto the wire and then twisted the wire onto the handle!

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Perfect Little Bee Decor for Any Kitchen!

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I had so much fun creating these and I just adore Jennifer’s art! If you want to check her out, she’s on Facebook and Etsy! Make sure to use our code {MET10} for our discount! Also, make sure to join our email family to see what we have going on each week!

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