Antoinette, of Shekinah Ranch, asked how I do the collage-method for my photos.  (She has one of my favorite blogs to keep up on -- her farm is beautiful, as is her spirit, and she writes in such sweet, friendly, down-to-earth, "welcome to our family's happenings" sort of way.) 

Well, I first have to thank our friend, Monika, for introducing us to Picasa.  It is a wonderful photo program that will take all of your picture files on your computer and store them in a way that makes it easy to access, touch-up, edit, etc.  (Also adds in your new pictures as you download them from your camera.)

You can then easily choose which ones you would like to upload to web albums for family & friends to view individually or as a slideshow.  I use it for adding photos to my blog and have found it easier to use than Flickr or Photobucket.  There is an "embed slideshow" feature that I'm still trying to figure out so I can add them to our blog.  (If someone knows how, I'd love your advice.)

They have a wonderful collage feature that I use to combine photos.  Just choose the ones you like (need to do it in groups of square roots, such as 4's, 9's, 16's ... or the photos will repeat) and click the "collage" button at the bottom of the program's main page.  It turns out beautifully and allows me to have more photos on a blog without taking up so much blog space, download time, etc.