I’ve been polishing my coding skills, mainly CSS and PHP for the past week. I’m still not experienced enough to say, code an entire WP theme by myself, but I’m getting better all the time 
I’d started reading this book a couple of months ago, and almost finished it, except for the last 250 pages or so :p
Yesterday, I felt like brushing up my skills, so I got the Lynda.com video tutorial CD from a friend and got started. It took me only 3 hours to complete the entire course and make a demo page - entirely done in CSS.
If you’re new to CSS and want to learn too, I’d highly recommend Lynda.com’s video tutorials to get you started(athough it can be a bit(or a lot) expensive).
If you know me personally, or are willing to pay the shipping charges, feel free to contact me. I’d be more than willing to share . 