Blogging 101... Help me!

So... I am brand new to this blogging thing and thought if I played around for awhile, I'd be able to figure out how to set it up cute like all of the amazing blogs that I follow.  FALSE! This is so much harder than I ever imagined.  I have been looking around at all of these wonderful blogs I follow and am wondering how in the world I am going to make mine even 1/2 as cute.

So here's what I am in search of...  Any and all help in setting up my blog.  I don't even know how to make or put a button on here or how to get other people's buttons on here.  I'm sure that was taught in Blogging 101... I must have been sick that day.

Please help me! :)