Guides to diplomas, keepsakes & replacing what’s lost
Three plain-spoken guides for anyone with a diploma, transcript, or certificate to honor — whether you’re replacing a lost original, finally putting one on the wall, or creating a custom commemorative keepsake.
Every guide here is built around one honest distinction: an official record can only come from the institution that issued it, while a commemorative keepsake is a beautiful display piece you frame, gift, and keep. Start with whichever guide matches what you need right now.
Replacement Educational Documents
Lost or damaged your original? There are two real paths — an official replacement from the issuer, or a display keepsake for the wall. This guide separates them clearly and honestly.
- How to request an official replacement
- State-level resources and where to start
- When a display keepsake is the right fit
Diploma Keepsakes & Display
You earned it — now actually put it where you can see it. A plain-talk guide to framing, hanging, gifting, and making a diploma keepsake last, plus what to do when the original isn’t display-ready.
- Where and how to frame and hang it
- Display ideas beyond the wall
- Graduation gifts that don’t get tossed
The Custom Diploma Keepsake Process
How a personalized commemorative diploma, transcript, or certificate keepsake is designed, proofed, produced, and delivered — the full process, step by step, from first idea to framed piece.
- The seven-stage keepsake process
- Materials, finishes, foil, and sizes
- What a keepsake is — and what it isn’t
Start with what you need right now
Every GRADORA product is a commemorative display keepsake — made to be framed, gifted, and kept. Our pieces are not official documents and must never be used or presented as valid for employment, enrollment, licensing, immigration, or any official purpose. Only the original issuing institution can provide a valid official record.
Designs and ways to get started
Ready to turn your milestone into something worth framing?
Start a personalized commemorative keepsake — you’ll approve a proof before anything is printed.