I haven't done this yet but did put a bunch of time in researching and found this method using junk mail adverts and a laser printer that from reviews online seems to work pretty well.
Yeah Jameco has etch kits too. I have made PCBs in the deep dark past, as a kid in the 70s, so the etching part isnt new to me, but those were pretty much hand drawn HUGE circuits, not big boards, BIG and I do mean big traces, think marksalot big traces and resistors the size of the ftdi chip on your arduino and caps the size of a pill bottle.
The part that is new to me is the fandangle computery part with minuscule traces, printed photoresist, smd parts and eagle layout.
Its not the computer side, I am an adept when it comes to that and even have heavy CAD experience for building layout, lotsa years designing haunts in autocad, but I was looking for someone that has the magic incantations and their own sooper sekret spells to teach me to do PCBs like the arduino.
As to the just getting started it moves quickly and can be quite addictive, don't expect you will feel new for too long, and will definitely let ya know when there is a meet up.