Arrgh

I am so annoyed right now, I've spent the best part of 4 hours trying to make the blog more visually stimulating but I am totally inept when it comes to computers/the internet (despite a HNC in Graphic Design) and I am right back where I started.

I basically want to generate a custom template and background, I kind of know what I have to do but putting this into practise completely baffles me. If anyone has any hints or tips on how I could do this please let me know (I warn you it will have to be in the simplest of terms because I just don't get techy stuff.)

Any help would be appreciated ^_^