If you are reading this, you already know the feeling: mixing certificates in with the artwork. Every parent who has ever stuck a drawing to the fridge eventually faces the same squeeze, more arrives every week than any wall can hold, and the good stuff gets buried under the merely recent. This page is about doing it properly, so certificates and artwork together get the space they deserve instead of curling at the edges in a drawer.
VaultIt is what makes a small display sustainable. Keep your favourite pieces on the wall, then scan everything else into a private timeline by age and year, with a voice note for each. The wall stays a calm highlight reel, and the full collection is safe for good.
Run a length of garden wire across a wall and clip pieces on with ten small wooden pegs. It costs a few pounds, holds a dozen drawings, and swapping certificates and artwork together in and out takes seconds with no holes in the plaster.
A narrow picture ledge, the slim 55cm kind, lets you lean framed and unframed pieces in layers. For certificates and artwork together it means you can refresh the display in a minute without committing to a single fixed arrangement.
Hang six identical A4 clip frames in a tidy two-by-three grid. The matching frames make even a chaotic mix of certificates and artwork together look deliberate, and the clip backs let you change the contents without unscrewing anything.
For every drawing that earns a frame, ten more do not, and they cannot all stay up. What we do is scan the rest into VaultIt and keep them in a private timeline, so the wall holds the highlights while the full story is still safe.
What is the easiest way to start with certificates and artwork together at home?
Start with the wall you look at most and work outward. A short run of three or four pieces at eye level reads as deliberate, whereas the same drawings scattered across the house just look like clutter. Group certificates and artwork together by colour or theme and the whole thing instantly feels more intentional.
How do I keep a display from looking cluttered or going stale?
Keep it changeable. The trap is hanging things so permanently that the display freezes in March and never moves. Clip frames, pegs and tape all let you swap certificates and artwork together in seconds, so the wall keeps pace with what your child is actually making now.
How do I preserve the artwork I can't keep on the wall?
This is the real question behind every display. The wall only ever holds a fraction of what your child makes, and the rest cannot just be binned. We scan every retired piece into VaultIt, add a quick voice note about it, and keep the lot in a private timeline by year. The wall stays a tight, lovely highlight reel, and nothing is actually lost when it comes down.
“We always felt guilty about mixing certificates in with the artwork. Once we had a proper rotating spot, the guilt went, because the ones that come down are scanned and the ones up are the ones we love right now.”
— Liam, dad of two