Ryan,
Nice job.
I agree 100% that matting and framing costs can be ridiculous and are worth putting a little time and energy into. I did it a slightly different way. I bought a mat cutter and cut the mats myself. It's a little trickier, but was fun. I won't repost stuff again, but the link below is to the thread I started on the subject a while ago
Mark
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=168495