The 16x2 was not bad. The glcd was hard to troubleshoot after I put it together. I left a solder point not complete. They work now so I can move on to other more pressing projects but I wanted to post some pics and get some reactions.
For the 16x2 I did not even install the header. It was easier to move the pins. I plan to use an ethernet sheild with it so I had to free up 11, and 12 anyway. I just moved them to pins 6 and 7 for the time being.
For the GLCD (128x64) I used a combination of grumpy mikes trick of drilling new holes between the existing pin holes and where I was not as accurate as I should have been there is a slot in the board a couple of pins wide.
I am wondering why you chose to put female headers on the LCD, stopping yourself from sticking it into a breadboard or similar in the future. I would have thought that it would make more sense the other way round.