Help a noobie :)

I'm not the greatest with graphics at all, but I managed (miraculously) to scrap up my current signature which I love. I wanted to create a New Years themed one ahead of time, and here were my ideas:

Remove the Santa Hat and Snow Imp

Have fireworks shooting out the "l" (pronounced: el)

"Hang" some sort of banner from the "x" to the "l" that says 2010

Any other New Year themed addons?

My current issue is that I have a transparent image of fireworks, but I'm not sure how to make it so that it.. fits smoothly into the sig. The corners are sharp and I used a elliptical selection tool to make it round, but the edges don't blend well. I attempted blurring but that's all that came to mind, please help!!

I have attached my .psd and the fireworks image.

http://qwertnet.org/xeleration/Other/xelerationsythesiggy.psd
http://qwertnet.org/xeleration/Other/Fireworks-transparent_background.png

 

Im on my grams comp and it doesnt have photoshop but you could try putting "2010" sunglasses on the things above the last "O" and "N"?

 

Thanks for the suggestion. My current problem though, is how to blend the fireworks in.