About Alison Shaw

After four years running this business I still love wool! Teddies is always taking us on another adventure as we strive to improve and grow this little business. I love meeting the challenges that pop up and enjoy marketing our Tambo Teddies to the world.

A little Vignette featuring Tambo Teddies

By |2021-07-18T13:48:53+10:00October 17th, 2020|Categories: Tambo Updates|Tags: , , , , |

This month we featured in a vignette in the Australian Decorative & Fine Arts Societies (ADFAS) Gold Coast bulletin. A quarterly publication that is sent to members and published online. Editor of the newsletter, Valerie Shooter, contacted us about a feature on Tambo Teddies. As COVID restrictions eased Val was aware many people were [...]

We’re a bit Cross about the Crossing Signs

By |2021-07-18T13:50:48+10:00October 11th, 2020|Categories: Tambo Updates|Tags: , , , , , |

We're a bit cross about the disappearance of Tambo's Teddy Bear Crossing signs. Friday morning (October 9, 2020) we suddenly realised they were gone! Both signs from both sides of the road have been unbolted and stolen sometime during Thursday night. We are very disappointed that someone thought they needed more than the Tambo [...]

Buy Aussie Now

By |2021-07-18T13:55:55+10:00September 24th, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: , , , |

Buy Aussie Now. The global pandemic of COVID-19 hot on the heels of a catastrophic bushfire season and devastating floods has bought about a resurgence of support for Aussie made products. A wave of nationalism has flooded over the country. Shoppers are becoming very discerning of the provenance of their purchases. Small businesses are [...]

Creating a Tambo Teddy Community

By |2021-07-18T13:53:14+10:00September 20th, 2020|Categories: Tambo Updates|Tags: , , , , , , |

At Tambo Teddies we don't just create teddy bears, we create a community. A Tambo Teddy Community where owners of Tambo Teddies have a unique shared interest. A community is  group of people having a particular characteristic in common, people who have certain attitudes and interests in common. For our Community, the factor that [...]

Tambo Teddies NEW Toowoomba Hub

By |2021-07-18T13:54:25+10:00August 31st, 2020|Categories: Behind The Scenes|Tags: , , , , |

After just eighteen months at our little Mort St Hub it was time to move on. Tambo Teddies Toowoomba was literally bursting at the seams, there was no room to swing a teddy bear! We leased the Mort St premise as a stepping stone, to make sure our Regional Sewing Hub expansion would work. [...]