Vanilla
Sometimes its nice to slap together vanilla projects to test ideas and keep the ideas sharp. Most of the time I'll use raw HTML, CSS, and JS when I want to test something. I find that it's also helpful to put together a barebones html site to practice styling and try new techniques.
Styling
The following examples were done in a course I took that walked through CSS techniques. I find it helpful to try other people's techniques especially when it comes to styling and design because there's so many new perspectives that I can gain from others. I also find it most helpful to learn styling through trial and error. It has helped me to try new things without a guide, and in the process I often learn new things about how to structure and style my applications.
1 - Nature Tours App
This app challenged me to use float to structure the applications and how to use animations for things like cards and menus.
2 - Travel Booking App
With this app, I focused on using Flexbox and media queries to organize and implement a more adaptive layout.
3 - Realty Business App
Finally, I focused on using CSS Grid to make this app, which excels at organizing cards and pictures throughout the webpage. This app also gave me the opportunity to practice manipulating images throughout the website.