I've decided to make this a series, depending on when the background stories come I'll update on the Unfamiliar Tales of My Made Up Family. All Rights Reserved



If your like me your family doesn't trust you to keep family photos. There are some designers who have old portraits and such that you can buy, which is fantastic if you think about it. So you can get your own little family and make up a story to tell your children about Uncle Jimmy who was eating watermelon in the park when he saw the most unique looking squirrel. Only it wasn't really a squirell but a bat, who got spooked and flew down Uncle Jimmy's shirt. Boy! Oh Boy! how Uncle Jimmy howled that day.. It was a sight I tell ya!

Or you could go the completely normal route and tell the story of you great great cousin's 3x removed on your Uncle Jimmy's wife's side. Only that's not really normal because Uncle Jimmy's wife is really his 2nd cousin from his moms side, and this is a really messed up family if you think about it, but it doesn't matter cuz they are all made up anyway. Then again..it's really crazy for you to go makin' up an entire family history and using photos from the internet isn't it?

You should be ashamed of yourself!


This lo was inspired by all the internet sales of family portraits from days gone by. Treat them well and give them a normal life.

Street Creds:

Magonegal Boys - These are Uncle Jimmy and Aunt MarySue's boys aren't they handsome?

Photos from Funny Boy Flip Book by Tumble Fish Studio @ Deviant Scrap

main paper and paper inside from from Framed by Tumble Fish Studio @ Deviant Scrap

calendar, cat border from Fr