I haven't been keeping up with this challenge, so I'll be brief here in order to get to the other entries.
1. Font looks great--I've downloaded it for myself, thanks!--and, although small caps might work better, I'd like to look at both version before passing any form of judgement.
2. I agree with xpian, the blur makes the secondary texturing look much better.
3. Icons look nice, much better with reduced drop shadows.
Apologies for not having much constructive criticism (or any at all, really), but by the looks of it, you don't need it!