The Jumble Bugs were invented in 2003 by Australian-born artist Emily Connell. At the time she was working as an animator on the TV Game Show "Burgo's Catch Phrase", and wanted to create something real and tangible, so she stopped by a fabric store and bought some acrylic felt. 

Her first hand-sewn creations were monsters, zombies and men dressed as hotdogs. The first ladybug toy that she made was red, squashed-looking and didn't smell too good either, as he had been stuffed with old pairs of socks. Emily soon discovered the wonders of polyfiber filling which solved this problem! The ladybug toy was a favourite amongst her family and friends, so she made more of them in a variety of colors. 

One day Emily was watching Frankenstein and happened to be sewing a green ladybug at the same time - this sparked the idea for the very first Jumble Bug! A Frankenstein Bug! She created little bolts, black jaggedy hair and scar stitches for him. Next, Emily created Bloomie the Flower and Wilhemina the Queen – and before long she added many more to the Jumble Bug family.

The Jumble Bugs were at one stage known as "Beetle People", then "The Little Buggerz", then finally Jumble Bugs (as they are lady bugs jumbled / mixed up with other things).

Emily moved to San Diego, CA in 2005 and works as a Creative Director in the 'As Seen on TV' industry. She loves craft and sewing and creates many more weird and wonderful things which can be seen at www.lookwhatemilymade.com

Emily is slowly but surely working on animations and stories for her Jumble Bugs with the plan of releasing childen's books and producing an animated TV series and feature film.