Having only signed-up for Facebook a month ago, one of the most amusing, if not downright charming, features that jumped out was the cute emoticons Zuckerberg and Company had created. Slightly anime-inspired, the stickers bring a sense of the whimsical to what might otherwise be just another food posting. Clearly Facebook knows this, as it has just released a companion app to its stand-alone Creative Labs app from the Facebook Messenger staff, called Stickered.

Stickered allows users to adorn their photos with the various faces that were previously limited to text, allowing for a much more creative approach to photo-sharing. It’s also a sure-fire way to avoid unnecessary face tagging: who could recognize with a giant Yeti on your gob?

From the Google Play Store:

Pick as many stickers as you want.

Stick them on before or after you snap a photo.

Decorate photos from your gallery, too.

Drag, pinch, stretch and rotate stickers.

Add captions to complete the scene.

Send your creations to friends with Messenger.

Note that the Facebook Messenger application is required to use Stickered, and can be downloaded here.

Stickered can be downloaded here.