Just FYI, here is my little journey to "complete" a project of mine. I've posted its various stages in the past and I thought it'd be nice to have a post with all the stages of a project for a newbie to read through and know what they can do with their projects, once they have an idea or have it on breadboard. So here it is:
I'll add a few more links to PCB and soldering tutorials that I used as well.