Thanks man. Yeah, the border was a real pain (probably cause I'm still so new to photoshop). I downloaded these free arabian-themed brushes (can't remember where) and brushed it in. But, if I increased the size of the font, they were too thick. So i had to paste them in regular size and then cut them into 4 corners. Then paste in a bunch of copies of the middle section...then repeat the whole process 4 times.

anyone know of an easier way to do that sort of thing (i.e. manipute the dimensions of border brushes?)