Making my own distro

Hi,
I was wondering how to build my own distro.
You see, kubuntu and mint are nice distributions but I would prefer to use a service made by myself because of the thought I put into it.
Linux from scratch is very hard to setup, so unless someone is willing to tell me how to set it up in a simpler way, I'm scratching that off my list.
And I don't mean making a live-only system (where you don't install it onto a system), but I mean something you can install.
If someone could help me, that would be nice and would mean a lot to me.
Thank you.
$ sudo help earth