gdsports:
If you need a small board, take look for "Lightblue bean+". Bluetooth LE, RGB LED, battery charger, and battery. It is not cheap but it could save you a lot of time especially, if you are new to electronics. The board is programmed using the Arduino IDE.
Not exactly. I bought two of them but I have yet to sit down and get them working. You have to install Python and a few other things before the IDE works. There's no simple "download and unzip this" which will make it work.
Plus the Light Blue Bean won't work with the standard bluetooth on most laptops. You have to add another bluetooth adaptor.