I'm usually the first person to admit that I'm in way over my head on a project. I had all sorts of grand ideas over the holidays for homemade gifts. Two and a half hand-sewn, hand-painted pillows later, I realized that maybe I hadn't quite given this enough thought. Creatives like me tend to get excited about new ideas and dive right in - only to discover halfway through that we have no idea what we're actually doing. Remember as kids, you'd ask each other what top five things would you brin...