craft swap

We had a craft swap last week in the meetup group I'm in and I wanted to share what I made. I scoured Pinterest forever for ideas, but I eventually decided I wanted to make some kind of wall art and never could find exactly what I wanted on Pinterest, so I was on my own.

I started with some scrap wood we had in the garage. I actually made 2, for two reasons. One, I was afraid I might screw one up and I wanted a back up. Second, I wanted to keep one of them if they both turned out well. 

Next came two coats of white paint:

Then came the creative part. I had to try to come up with a short and sweet quote plus some art. I decided to use vinyl wall clings because I didn't trust myself to paint well enough. I picked these:

I cut them to my needs and there were enough to make two art pieces, and the white flowers are on Miss L's dresser in her room.
I used my computer to play with fonts and spacing. The hard part was finding the perfect quote and then cutting the letters out just right. Then I modge podged them on!
Finished product:

I made the second one for me, with a quote that I feel pertains to my life, since I was pleased with the way the first one turned out. It hangs in the play room now.

I want to share the craft I received too! The crafts at this swap were AMAZING and I just happened to get my bestie's craft! It looks lovely on my front door, don't you think?

Edited with a close up by request: