Topic: position image anywhere with text wrap?

I'm working on a content control and I would like to have the option of adding images... I thought it would be pretty simple just to give the user the option of placing the image or images within their content by choice of a 3 x 3 grid (of course stretching to whatever size the content area is); thus selecting either the top/left or middle/right ect. I was hoping to do this with a single div wrapped around the image but I'm not certain this can even be done. I have no problems getting the image to those locations with

position: relative; top: location; right: location;

but that just plops the image in front (or behind) the content. Then there's the float of course but I can only get the image to float right or left with no vertical adjustments. Can any of you css gurus point me in the right direction?