That was a loooong 2 months. BUT, we're finally done. It involved blood, sweat, and tears (quite literally on all 3 counts).
Click here for an overly detailed account of the process that really you all have no business giving a crap about. No need to read it, just look at the pretty pictures. I just had to vent about how much bloody effort this took. We're thrilled with the results, but I think we now know why custom framing costs so damned much and if we ever do anything remotely like this again, we're probably going to hand it over to a professional and have them call us when they're done. Oy!
EDIT: Oh, for crying out loud, the bloody photo links aren't working. Of course, they would be working, but the ftp server for our jenniegreg domain isn't so I had to put it on bloody Tripod. It never ends!
REDIT: Okay, now it works. I hope. And now I sleep.