Diploma Frames and Custom Framing

Best frames for certificate

Framing expertise for one-of-a-kind graduation gifts!

We didn’t become the industry leaders of USA-made university diploma frames overnight. For more than a quarter-century, Church Hill Classics / diplomaframe.com has been creating the best diploma frames for Associate, Bachelor’s, Master’s, and Doctorate degrees from officially licensed colleges and universities across the nation! Whether you’re looking for a diploma plus campus photo frame, a diploma frame with tassel, or a double document frame with your school name & seal, we have the perfect frame to customize for your graduate.
And while we certainly know how to frame a diploma for college graduates, we offer much more than university frames, college diploma frames, and graduate school diploma frames:
Show off a teen’s first big milestone with one of our High School Diploma Frames
Highlight favorite memories with Graduation Picture Frames or “Class of” Graduation Photo Frames in your school colors
Accent an athletic achievement in one of our Varsity Letter Frames
Display your credentials with Certificate Frames for professional licenses and accreditations
Salute their service to our country with Military Memorabilia Frames
Celebrate a shower, birthday, sports banquet, or special anniversary with one of our Autograph Frames
Make your company stand out with recognition frames, employee awards, or customized frames for businesses

Or use our online framing tools to make custom frames with museum-quality materials for any and EVERY occasion!

Showcase Your Memories with Modern Picture Frames

Pictures are an integral part of almost every home. Show off your recent vacation photos, hang pieces by your budding child artists or use new frames to give old artwork new life. Shop west elm to find modern styles and multiple sizes for your walls and surfaces.

What Are Picture Frames?

Perfect for preserving memories and decorating your home, picture frames work wonders when it comes to your interior design. When paired with your favorite pieces of furniture, accessories and rugs, they add the finishing touch to your living room, den, bedroom, and home office.

What Styles Can I Buy?

Frames for small and large photos come in dozens of sizes, finishes, and styles. Here are a few tips to help you find the right frames for your home:

Pick your finish. Silver, bronze, brass, black and clear acrylic are all go-to frame finishes for dozens of different rooms. Match your frames to door hardware, accessories, and furniture in your room for a cohesive look.

Find your space. Wall-hung frames and tabletop frames all help show off your precious memories and make each room more visually interesting. Figure out where you want to put your photos - on the wall or your surfaces - before you shop.

Know your size. Oversized wall frames are great for big pictures and large rooms, but they can quickly eat up your wall space in a small area. Narrow down your frame size based on your room and photos before you begin your search.

Style every room in your home with artwork, family photos, and more with picture frames from west elm. You'll find modern, transitional, and vintage-inspired styles to match your look in tons of different sizes. Reach-me-down picture frames. We’ve created a variety of first quality, complete frames in the standard traditional frame sizes and hard to find sizes you’ve asked for. Note that all 4x6, 5x7, and 8x10’s with easels are in our photo frame category. You’ll find a large selection of limited availability overruns, which include luxurious wood picture frames at a fraction of what you would pay retail. You also get our discount G78611 8x10 and 8.5x11” certificate frames and many others that we make by the thousands just for our internet customers. Choose from wood, plastic, and metal picture frames in sizes from 6x8 through 16x20, some with mats.

Certificate Frame

Custom Framing

Always made in the USA -- since 1983!

Chronicle the achievements of your team, we are the place to go to frame those professional certificates, diplomas, or documents recognizing your success. We’ve grouped together all of the 8.5x11 frames, and frames with mats of that opening size so that you have a convenient way to find the certificate frame you are looking for. You’ll find a large selection of frames, which include luxurious wood picture frames at a fraction of what you would pay at a store. Choose from wood, plastic, and metal certificate frames.

Great for diplomas, certifications, and documents

Whether you're buying a few frames or buying in bulk quantities, our certificate frames--great for diplomas, certifications, and other documents--meet the needs of the wholesale or retail customer. You might want to order them for everyone in your office, school, or shop! Our products make particularly great office frames to show that your team is certified.

Check out our size options

Is your certificate a non-standard size? Search by size and find all of the frames available in that size. Have us create custom mats. If you don’t see the size you need call for a quote, for five or more frames our custom prices can be very affordable.

Poster Frames

poster frames

This is where you’ll find all frames over 16x20.” You, the customer has made this our most popular internet picture frame category. You’ve told us the sizes you need, such as 24x32”, 24x36”, and other hard to find sizes and we’ve listened. We even have a 27x40” poster frame suitable for movie posters. These top-selling, ready-made, poster frames are available in polymer, metal, and wood options, and in a variety of colors and profiles.
To measure for your poster frame, measure your poster from one outside edge to the other. All of our poster frame measurements refer to the inner dimensions of the frame, so you want to choose a poster frame that is very close to the outside edge measurement of your poster. If your poster just isn’t a size that we carry a frame for, give us a call. We have some options for odd-sized posters. One option is to mat the poster, which we can do for you. Another option is for us to check our inventory for your odd size…we just might not have it on the website. Last but not least we can quote making a custom frame or frames for you, if you need 5 or more you may find we offer an economical alternative to your local framer. If many different people call us asking for a particular size we usually end up adding it to our line.

All of our poster frames are ready-made with cardboard backers, and rigid, UV stabilized styrene plastic facing for safety and ease in shipping. (The facing comes with a protective film coating on it, which you remove when you insert your item.) We use three saw-toothed corner hangers with most poster frames which help to further stabilize the frame and offer you both vertical and horizontal hanging ability. Our aluminum poster frame line, (F16), comes with hangers-on on both the vertical and horizontal sides as well as easy to open spring tabs in each corner of the picture frame, that you remove to put in your poster, then slip back in to hold it all together. Our wood and polymer poster frames have bendable, metal retainers holding the backer in, which are easy to bend to open the frame and insert the poster.

Picture frames

As a photo frame factory, we have a lot of different materials come through our dock doors, and it enables us to bring you variety and economy. Our photo frames start at 4x6” size and most have easel backs for standing up on a desk or table in a vertical or horizontal position. Included here are our collage frames with mats for single or multiple photos 3.5x 5”, 4x6”, 5x7”, and 8x10”. Our frame sizes are inner dimensions, so you’ll want to order based on the size of the outer edge of your photo.

You’ll find it fun and easy to choose from classic woods and colorful polymers, many with glass facings. Those with rigid, stabilized styrene plastic facings have a film on both sides of the clear facing that you peel off before you put in your photo.

If you see something you like, but we don’t have the size or quantity you are looking for, give us a call. We can quote a custom order for you.

Reward frames

As a manufacturer of custom award and certificate frames since 1983, we have a lot of experience in making small to medium-sized, ready-made award frames. You can choose from new products designed just for small businesses that need only a few awards or take advantage of special deals on luxurious discontinued award packages and medal holders, and closeouts on plaques. Each of these products is different so read the descriptions carefully. If you don’t see exactly what you want, give us a call, we can help you create a custom award package.

Square frames

You asked for them, you got them! Square picture frames galore, in wood, manufactured wood, and polymers, your choice black, wood tones, silver, and gold. Sizes start at 4x4 and go up to 24x24” square picture frames. All square frames are complete with rigid, U V Stabilized styrene plastic facing, black chipboard (cardboard) backer, and hanger. Our square frames have little metal retainers holding the backer in, which the end-user bends back to open the frame and insert the print.

Autograph Frames

Our most recently created line of autograph frames are a wonderful way to commemorate a special event such as a wedding, anniversary party, reunion, or a season of team sports. These picture frames have large matboard borders that are perfect for signatures or in some cases we’ve provided frames themselves that you can sign. Look carefully at the frame package descriptions, there are upscale woods and economical plastics, all with facing and backer most with Self-installation hangers and permanent marker pens.

Mats for Frames

Sometimes you need a mat. We carry ready-made mats in standard sizes and not-so-standard closeouts as well. The mat o d or outer dimension size is listed in the product number. For example, CM 11x14 shows mats to fit in an 11x14" frame. The pulldown menu for "size" tells you what size the cutout window, or mat opening is. To determine what opening or window size you need, measure the paper size of the item to be framed subtract ½" from each dimension, that's the size you need for an item so that it doesn't fall through the window. (An example of this is if you need a mat for an 8.5x 11" certificate, you need an 8 x 10.5 opening size.) Often we can create custom mats for you in volume about two weeks from when you place your order, call us for quotes.

Shadow Boxes and Display Cases

These popular frames with added depth allow you to frame objects. The shadow boxes have a depth from ½ inch to two inches, please read the item text carefully so you are sure that the box will fit the item that you wish to display.

Our shadow boxes feature glass facing so that they won’t scratch under repeated cleanings and a screw-in self install hanger so that you can use the shadow box either vertically or horizontally. Some of our shadow boxes have mats at the front with the glass to highlight the three-dimensional effects, all have decorative backers: either suede look mat boards. All of the frames have flex points, little metal retainers that hold the backer in; you bend these back to open up the frame and then attach your item to the backer and reinstall.

Framing tips
Tips on Framing Pictures and More
Measuring for matboard
Best to work from the inside out when creating a framed piece with picture framing process. . Measure your original certificate or artwork and add on your intended mat border, i.e. 1" border around the artwork.
Always allow room for your certificate or artwork to be attached to the mat from behind, at least 1/4" on each side.
Add your artwork dimensions to the mat border you've chosen and you now have the inside frame dimension.
For example, 5x7 photo with ¼" per side for attachment to a mat, with 1" mat border each side equals a 6 ½"x 8 ½" frame. Sound confusing? It's not. Many times it's easier to then adjust your frame size to a standard size, in this case, 8 x 10, we'll enlarge our mat border slightly for this. Once you work through it a few times it seems simple and straightforward.
Don't forget to do the math and your frame will turn out perfectly.

Diploma Frames and Custom Framing