for birthday cards
Scribble a caption on a favorite photo
Grab a snapshot, scrawl 'happy 30th, kid' in Caveat at a jaunty angle, print it. Two minutes, no Photoshop, a birthday card that actually feels hand-made.
tool · beta · on-device
Add text to any photo. No watermark.
Three fonts curated for collage-makers — handwritten Caveat, editorial Instrument Serif, clean Inter. Drag, rotate, recolor. Add as many captions as you need. Everything runs in your browser. For bigger designs, use a real app.
100% on-device No watermark Retina-crisp PNG
Sharpening the pencils…
Sharpening the pencils…
what you can make
Six small projects, one text overlay
for Instagram stories
Editorial headers on a phone snap
Instrument Serif in white at 90px over a moody photo reads like a magazine cover. Stories that look like Kinfolk spreads, made before your coffee is cold.
for postcards
"Wish you were here" in your own handwriting
Caveat font + terracotta color + a -2° tilt = a postcard caption that looks like you actually wrote it. Print on glossy 4×6 and mail it from a tiny town.
for memes
Top and bottom meme text, classic
Inter Bold at 72px in white with a drop shadow. That's the look. Drag it around until it lands right. Export PNG, post.
for journals
Diary headers on a photo spread
Opening page of a travel journal? Drop the photo in, add the date in handwritten Caveat, add the place name in serif. Print, glue, done.
for quote cards
Quote + photo = shareable Pinterest pin
Take a quiet landscape, lay a quote on top in Instrument Serif, export. The kind of content that sits on someone's Pinterest for three years.
in case you're wondering
Frequently asked
Does the text leave my device? +
No. Everything you type and every photo you drop in stays in your browser. We don't run a server for any of this.
What fonts are available? +
Three: Caveat (handwritten), Instrument Serif (editorial), and Inter (clean sans). They're the same fonts used across collage.recipes — no weird stock fonts, no licensing fuss.
Can I use my own font? +
Not in the beta. If you need a specific font, add the text in a real collage / design app — the three here cover the most common collage-making moods.
How crisp is the export? +
Text is rendered vectorially into the export PNG at 2× pixel ratio, so it stays sharp on Retina screens and in print.
Can I have multiple captions? +
Yes — add as many as you want. Each one has its own font, size, color, and rotation. Click one in the right-side list to edit it.
now what?
A few moves after a caption lands
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Washi Tape Overlay
Tape the captioned photo onto a paper page.
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Polaroid Maker
Wrap the captioned photo in a Polaroid frame.
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Photo Mat & Border
Print the captioned photo inside a mat.
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Pinterest Pin Maker
Reframe the captioned photo as a Pinterest pin.
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Drop Shadow
Float the captioned photo over paper.
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Film Grain
Age the captioned photo with Tri-X grain.
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Circle, heart, star, arch — pick a cookie cutter.
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Drop a photo, type a title, pick a layout. 1000×1500 native.
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X, LinkedIn, or YouTube cover with title overlay.
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Stick paper-mood tape onto any photo.
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LED red, Kodak yellow, camcorder amber.
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Corner sign-off or full diagonal tile.
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Sticker Overlay
Hearts, stars, flowers, smileys, paper tags, HELLO labels.
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Square for IG, 9:16 for stories, 2:3 for Pinterest.
Open orientation
Flip & Rotate
Mirror a selfie, un-tilt a scan, turn a sideways shot upright.
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Blur & Pixelate
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QR Code Generator
Print-ready QR for menus, invites, journals, vCards.
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Eyedropper a color in your photo, swap it for another.
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Make proper collages in a proper app.
One caption on one photo is easy. For whole spreads — multiple photos, a book-length caption flow, brand fonts, printable PDFs — a real collage app is the right home.