Hey am not shy to a bit of coding etc so thought i would ask i have seen homescreens with custom made looking icons etc for example these two How do you make these types of screens, if it was a wallpaper then its easy but how do you code it so that you have numbers of emails, sms etc like this obviously the design would be a lot better this is just an example
Try the App Missed It! from the market. Or you can use applications like Go! Notification Widget - free from the market. Check the thread "post your desktop" in the theme's forum and you'll find links to Niteowl's work (2nd screenshot icons) Most of the homescreens used are running Go Launcher or ADW