Photo Shop

By Maryanne Murray Buechner

These days there's almost nothing you can't adorn with a shot of your child's smiling face. Many websites that store, share and print digital photos are in the business of putting your favorite images on clothing, accessories and collectibles, with surprisingly high-quality results. Here's a look at the best new products, plus a comparison of the four most popular sites as they stacked up in our side-by-side print test. --By Maryanne Murray Buechner

Picture Superstore

Snapfish.com boasts a selection of about 80 your-image-here products, including $25 neckties, $60 diaper bags and $20 teddy bears (the picture goes on the bear's hoodie). Images are laser-printed on most items. The stainless-steel commuter mug, $16, is dishwasher safe, and the $15 baby onesie is 100% cotton.

Worth 1,000 Bites

Edibles are on the menu at imagestation.com images appear as a sugary glaze on offerings such as chocolate lollipops, which cost $47 a dozen and taste yummy. Warning: some chipping and flaking may occur in transit.

Stamp of Approval

Want real, customized U.S. postage? Upload an image to photostamps.com and see what it would look like on a stamp. A sheet of 20 37-c- adhesives costs $20, including shipping.

Brand-New Bag

Our snapshot looked phenomenal on photoworks.com's otherwise generic white canvas tote bag, $30. Also available: 6-in. ceramic tiles, $16, and 252-piece jigsaw puzzles, $24.

In the Cards

The gift store at kodakgallery.com features coffee-table books bound in linen or leather and other gifts such as playing cards. If you're not satisfied with the results, as with most of these sites, you can request a do-over.

PRINTING WEBSITES: A SNAPSHOT

KodakGallery.com

PRICE 25-c- a 4-in.-by-6-in. photo print

QUALITY Excellent: nice color balance, sharpest contrast of the bunch

EXTRAS New Kodak Mobile service lets you send pics to your online account from your camera phone

Snapfish.com

PRICE 19-c- a print

QUALITY Great, but paper felt thin; heavier paper costs 5-c- more a print

EXTRAS Along with standard 4-by-6 prints, offers nonstandard 4-by-5.3 print size for the same cost

Shutterfly.com

PRICE 25-c- a print

QUALITY Very good, although skin tones sometimes had an orange glow

EXTRAS Large selection of custom borders. You can add captions to the front or back of prints at no extra charge

Webshots.com

PRICE 24-c- a print

QUALITY Good, though colors were a bit cool

EXTRAS A small software download helps you organize and upload images to your online album

TIPS

o Shoot at your digital camera's highest resolution

o Group shots and landscapes work best on big items

o Zooming in reduces image quality

FUN FACT: Some 20 million people uploaded pictures to photo websites in 2004; 6.2 million ordered prints

Source: InfoTrends

TECH TICKER

Scan your favorite torn or faded prints, upload them to 30minphotos.com and the site will fix flaws and mail you new prints for $20 o Gateway's MP3 Photo Jukebox, the GCM-6, $250, has a color screen and storage for 1,500 songs or 2,000 images o Clear up clutter by sending your photos, slides and negatives to digmypics.com for digital scanning, starting at 59-c- a scan