This first thing is something that a many photo editing software programs can do, but it’s made super easy by being able to do these online. Plus, it goes beyond what many editing software programs can do, unless you want to spend a lot of time in those programs.

BeFunky.com is free and easy to use, and really just super cool! You don’t even have to register, which I really appreciate (it saves time not having to do so, and sometimes you just wonder what they’re going to do with your information).

Here’s a photo I made of A. the other day - he was being so patient and tolerant of me as photographer, but pouted for one second wondering when I’d be done. I loved the photo I got!

Here’s what I got when I used “inkify” at BeFunky

Pretty cool, eh?!! It’s totally befitting of the photo.

There are a bunch of fun options, and I know my kids and I will have fun turning them into comics and such.

Okay, if you thought *that* was cool, you’ve got to see this next thing. Even if you have photo editing software of the highest caliber, you are unlikely to be able to do this, at least without a lot of skill and time.

Isn’t that amazing? It is to me, especially that it took me less than 5 minutes and about as many clicks of my mouse to create that heart collage! I just selected all the photos in a file - didn’t even have to add them one by one (there are 35 there), selected the heart shape (it’s perfect for sweet little L., isn’t it?), and a few seconds later it was done.

Wanna do it yourself? Of course you do! Head over to Shape Collage to download the software. Not only do they have fun templates for you to use, you can create your own.

I can imagine so many fun uses for these applications: personal blogs, avatars, sharing with friends and family, even using them for your Facebook profile or Twitter avatar and such! Since you can do letters and words, you could do your child’s first initial or their name and fill it with photos of that child. If you’ve got a child learning their alphabet, you could fill a letter of the alphabet with photos of things starting with that letter…

If you use it and post online, I would love for you to post the link in my comments (or at least sent to me personally) so I can see the amazing things you’re doing with these.

Have a wonderful - and warm - weekend!

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