Image in text box:
You can do this with CSS.
Check out this example:
http://jsfiddle.net/oscarj24/zy7YP/1/
CSS
.icon {
background:#FFFFFF url(http://icons.iconarchive.com/icons/gakuseisean/ivista-2/16/Start-Menu-Search-icon.png) no-repeat 4px 4px;
padding:4px 4px 4px 22px;
height:18px;
}
HTML:
<input type="text" name="sample" class="icon">
According to your post editing, maybe this helps.
Editable area with objects inside:
http://jsfiddle.net/oscarj24/VSWNX/
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