Abstract: A system for a camera phone user to create a photo gift includes a wireless router configured to receive a data structure from a first camera phone operated by a first user. The data structure defines a picture strip that includes a row of images and has a length-to-width ratio in a range between 2.5 and 6. A server can send a message to a recipient about the creation of picture strip. A printing and finishing facility can produce the picture strip in accordance with the data structure, wherein the picture strip is shipped to the recipient.

Abstract: A computer-assisted method for automatically creating a picture strip at a user interface includes the steps of displaying a template for a picture strip having one or more image receiving areas in a user interface on a display device, placing an image in one of the image receiving areas in the template in the user interface, displaying a circle around the image by the display device, displaying a handle in association with the circle by the display device, and allowing a user drag the handle to rotate and scale the image in the one of the image receiving areas.