Is there an expression for creating something from start to finish (e.g. grain to bread)
Maybe this is not really the right place to ask this, I hope I will not be penalized for asking this.
I am a webdeveloper, and I do most of the stuff myself, from the basic idea, till the final design and implementation. It's like when a baker has his own farm with grain, creates his own wheat, makes the bread, and sells it in his own shop.
Some time ago I heard a nice English expression for this, but I forgot what it was. It was something like producing from grain to bread. Does anyone know this expression, or can think of something that would nicely fit.
Edit: Roughly 9 years later we basically have a term for this. Currently I define myself as a Full Stack Web Developer.
Solution 1:
Something I hear quite commonly is "end to end", although this originally had a somewhat different meaning.
Solution 2:
I believe the idiom you are looking for is "soup to nuts":
"Soup to nuts" is an American English idiom conveying the meaning of "from beginning to end". It is derived from the description of a full course dinner,
There's also "From start to finish", which is pretty clear.