This is a mini challenge that is part of the Biannual Blogathon Bash taking place from June 22 – 25th. Essentially a bunch of bloggers are all promising to spend 24 hours working on making their blogs better over a weekend – which is kind of brilliant. Whether you choose to take part or not, you’re more than welcome to create your own collage, but only those registered for the Blogathon will have a chance to win a prize for their participation. If you are participating in the Blogathon please don’t begin the mini challenge until the Blogathon begins ’cause cheating just isn’t cool.
Have you ever visited a blog and attempted to read a post which is roughly 20+ full width photos with a line or two of text between each one? Do you tend not to bother actually reading the text? I know I do. Instead I prefer to leave my readers with a block or two of photos formatted into a lovely collage that works with my writing and tells a story.
How to Make a Photo Collage in 9 Easy Steps
I hope you have all heard of PicMonkey because it’s wonderful and amazing. You can easily create free photo collages for your blog and Facebook page without having to download anything except your finished image!
Step 1 – Go to PicMonkey and click on Create a Collage.
Step 2 – Click on Upload Photos.
Step 3 - Select multiple photos to upload. I always upload more than I think I’ll need in case one doesn’t work.
Step 4 - Click on Layouts icon.
Step 5 - Scroll through layout options to find one you love.
Step 6 – Click on Photos icon, drag and drop your images into place, then click on the backgrounds icon.
Step 7 - Set border spacing, roundness, and transparency. Then click save.
Step 8 - Name your file and download it.
Step 9 – Make sure to save your file in a folder where you’ll be able to find it.
The finished product. Enjoy.
The Challenge:
Make a photo collage and upload it to your blog. See if you can use images to tell a story that gels with your words. Then come back and link it up here!
This is so cool! I love it and will definitely continue using it. Thanks!
@Melissa Lawler You’re very welcome – it’s probably my fav tool in my blogger toolkit! =)
I LOVE PicMonkey!
@AnnOdle I know, isn’t it amazing! =)
@AnnOdle It really is brilliant in it’s simplicity, isn’t it? You’re so very welcome – I just thought I should share of my my favourite blogging tools!
Oh you’re awesome!! I’ve been wanting to figure out photo collages for awhile now but didn’t know where to start. Is it alright if I use an older post for this challenge? I’ve got so many that need an update
@Adelina Priddis Of course it’s alright that you used an older post for your challenge! Glad I could help you get collages figured out!
I now LOVE PicMonkey! I used to just fight with pictures to get them all together in paint shop pro.. This makes it so much easier! Thanks for this!!
@chaoticreviews It really is brilliant in it’s simplicity, isn’t it? You’re so very welcome – I just thought I should share of my my favourite blogging tools!
This was a lot of fun! Thanks for the instructions!
I’m glad you enjoyed it! PicMonkey really is rather brilliant, isn’t it?
@silentbeauty Yours is next on my list!
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@vagabondstudio Let me know how you get on with it! =) #blogathon2
@silentbeauty I loved it! I used it both in the post for the mini-challenge and another post! ? Thanks for the new tool! #Blogathon2
I’ve been doing mine on an app on my little phone. This is SO much easier to work with!!! Thank you! ?
You’re very welcome. It’s one of my favourite things. How could I not share it? =)
I love it! I’ve never used PicMonkey, although I have heard of it – alot! This is great! I have so many opportunities to use this in my blog. This will make my life SO much easier!!
@Kay M Since I discovered it this year I’ve used it pretty much exclusively. Glad you finally gave it a try! =)
So much fun! Thanks for this!
@AnnOdle You’re very welcome. I’m glad you enjoyed it!
It took me awhile ti find the save button, but once i did, I loved it =) I’m a huge photographer so I’m pretty excited about this tool, thank you =)
@JamieGall1930 I’m glad you discovered PicMonkey. I absolutely love it pieces myself! =)
I use ipiccy.com for mine but will go try PicMonkey to see which one I like better, thanks! Great challenge.
@callista83 I’ve never heard of ipiccy before. I’m definitely going to have to go try it out now. Thank you. =)
This was great fun, thank you! I love posting pictures of my cats and this is a lovely way to showcase them!
@_mrs_b Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you so much for this! I definitely could have used this earlier, but now that I know how to do it – I will be using it more often! Thank you!
It’s always nice when you find something you’ll actually use, isn’t it? Glad to have helped!
I finally did mine! I did it together with my post for the Using Pinterest for Social Good mini challenge. Thanks.
@callista83 You’re very welcome. =)
YOU ROCK YOU ROCK YOU ROCK! THANK YOU SO MUCH
http://cabingoddess.com/2012/06/an-ode-to-the-manbeast-thanks-for-being-you/
THANK YOU!! I LOVE this it is so quick and easy I have a bunch made LOL I had to decide how to do it even!
I did it for this post http://cabingoddess.com/2012/06/an-ode-to-the-manbeast-thanks-for-being-you/ and also for my final page tally for the Wicked WIldfire Readathon http://cabingoddess.com/wicked-wildfire-read-a-thon-progress-updates/
@cabingoddess You’re very, very welcome! I’m just happy to share one of my favourite things. =)
I LOVE picmonkey! I was bummed when picnik went away but was so happy when I found picmonkey ’cause I think it is way better! Thanks for the tutorial. I hadn’t done a collage yet and I was wanting to!
@SavedXgraceblog I must admit that I mourned the loss of picnik as well. I love picmonkey and I’m very happy that I was able to share it! =)
This was so easy! I have been wondering how to make a collage. I recently started using picmonkey and love how user-friendly it is.
http://daytimesparkle.com/2012/06/25/light-of-my-life/
Misty – don’t forget to link your post with the linky above!
This is wonderful … thanks so much for the awesome tutorial, Erin! I had wanted to make a photo collage easily, and PicMonkey is incredibly simple to use! Here’s my post with my PicMonkey collage (with text added later in Paint Shop Pro): http://livingmontessorinow.com/2012/06/25/montessori-monday-montessori-inspired-4th-of-july-activities/
@DebChitwood Deb, you’re very welcome. I am so glad you found the tutorial helpful. You can actually add text with PicMonkey by uploading the collage and using their photo editor. I created the whole tutorial using PicMonkey. =)
@silentbeauty I saw the text feature later … cool! I’m so addicted I created a second collage for my wrap-up post at http://raisingfigureskaters.com/2012/06/25/how-i-improved-my-blogs-in-one-weekend-summer-2012-blogathon/
Thank you so much for posting this….very easy!
Things That Inspire – You’re very welcome! =)
Thank you so much for creating this post!! I have been trying to find an easy way to make collages for my blog, and I found your via Google today…and you’ve solved my problem!!!
Mandy
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