PE Certificate Framed

cupojoe PE PMP · Jul 5, 2014

After seeing a couple photos for other PE certificate frames on this board....I decided to do something similar. Check it out....I have my College diploma framed the same only with a green border (and of course no pencil). The guy at the frame shop said he has done a lot of these frames for the governor and legislature when new laws get signed, but never one with a mechanical pencil.

NJmike PE · Jul 5, 2014

Looks good. Nice job. If you don't mind me asking, how much did it cost you

cupojoe PE PMP · Jul 5, 2014

It was around $200ish., it was a few months ago, so I don't remember exactly (meant to post this picture a couple months ago)....I was going to do it anyways, it was $60 extra for the extra glass/materials to shadowbox the pencil.

knight1fox3 · Jul 5, 2014

Nice! EB.com approved! :thumbs:

ptatohed · Jul 6, 2014

That is totally rad cupo. Great job!

iwire · Jul 6, 2014

looking for some cheaper alternative

ptatohed · Jul 6, 2014

iw, you saw my thread, right? I made mine for less than $30. Good luck. Let us know what you end up doing.

http://engineerboards.com/index.php?showtopic=18334

StarPE · Jul 7, 2014

very nice!!

goldust · Jul 14, 2014

Looks great. Congrats.

iwire · Jul 15, 2014

ptatohed said:
iw, you saw my thread, right? I made mine for less than $30. Good luck. Let us know what you end up doing.

http://engineerboards.com/index.php?showtopic=18334

Ya..saw it...that's my inspiration. Unfortunately, they have not send me the wall cert yet..

ptatohed · Jul 15, 2014

iwire said:
ptatohed said:

iw, you saw my thread, right? I made mine for less than $30. Good luck. Let us know what you end up doing.

http://engineerboards.com/index.php?showtopic=18334

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Ya..saw it...that's my inspiration. Unfortunately, they have not send me the wall cert yet..

Ok. If you are going to try to make your own, let me know if I can help in any way.

KatyLied P.E. · Jul 16, 2014

FWIW, Michael's craft store has a really nice matted one in the $30 range. Took me about 5 minutes to insert my cert.

ptatohed · Jul 16, 2014

KatyLied said:
FWIW, Michael's craft store has a really nice matted one in the $30 range. Took me about 5 minutes to insert my cert.

Pencil too??

KatyLied P.E. · Jul 16, 2014

Not really room for a pencil on that one. They would probably have to do a custom frame. Still may be a reasonable price. I've had good luck from them before.

ptatohed · Jul 16, 2014

KatyLied said:
Not really room for a pencil on that one. They would probably have to do a custom frame. Still may be a reasonable price. I've had good luck from them before.

I see. I think the discussion has been about including a pencil(s) in the frame.

cupojoe PE PMP · Jul 16, 2014

ptatohed said:
KatyLied said:

Not really room for a pencil on that one. They would probably have to do a custom frame. Still may be a reasonable price. I've had good luck from them before.

Click to expand...

I see. I think the discussion has been about including a pencil(s) in the frame.

+1....There are definitely cheaper options to just frame a certificate than what I did, but it is just the right amount of nerdiness for me. It's also a fun conversation starter.

Predgw · Aug 5, 2014

My 7 year old was very involved with me studying. He was very supportive and made a huge poster board for me when I returned home from the exam in April.

When I got the certificate from the State in May, I placed it on my desk in the basement where I did all the studying. One day in July he heard me talking to my wife about getting a nice picture frame and "framing it"

Without realizing what he was doing he came back up stairs with the certificate, with a hand cut brown paper border stapled to it with at least 30 different staples.

He handed it to me and said " because I love you"

In a way it looks ridiculous, but in some ways it looks better than anything I could have bought. I have left it on the desk, very proud for all to see. I will take a picture and post it.

matt267 PE · Aug 5, 2014

Predgw,

That's an awesome story. It sounds like you have a great kid. I'm studying for my PE right now and feel bad when I tell my 7 y/o that can't play with her. You're son's frame is worth more than anything you could have bought at the store. And your comment about "30 different staples" made me laugh. Yeah, kids sure do like staples.

NJmike PE · Aug 5, 2014

Pred, that's THE best frame you could ever have.

DanHalen · Aug 5, 2014

Pred that's awesome! My certificate finally came last week. The day my certificate came my son got it and showed it to Mrs. DH. They were planning to secretly frame it and surprise me with it but my son couldn't wait. He gave it to me as a surprise when I got home from work. He was so excited he could barely contain himself and was yelling, "daddy doesn't have to study anymore yay!!!." My wife loves Harry Potter and really likes the idea of framing my NCEES pencil with my certificate and suggested that I have this written beside my pencil, "The pencil chooses the professional engineer." Idk....maybe a bit much or tacky? What do you think?

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