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.

The Tale of Tambo Teddies

By |2023-07-08T13:11:31+10:00February 18th, 2023|Categories: Teddy Memories|Tags: , , , |

The Tale of Tambo Teddies Thirty years of Teddy Bears warrants a little bit of reflection. Recently we found a lovely little article that was published in the 'Canberra Public Eye' on the 22nd of February 1996. Rather a delightful perspective on the business at the time we just had to transcribe it [...]

Are You Celebrating Valentine’s Day?

By |2023-07-08T14:58:47+10:00February 12th, 2023|Categories: Behind The Scenes|Tags: , , |

Are You Celebrating Valentine’s Day? Do you and your loved ones celebrate Valentine’s Day? If so, just how do you do it? We recently asked our followers to tell us how they were planning to spend Valentine’s Day to enter a competition to win a dusky pink Tom Thumb that was donated as [...]

Thirty Years of Teddy Bears……

By |2023-07-08T13:20:04+10:00February 11th, 2023|Categories: Teddy Memories|Tags: , , , |

Thirty Years of Teddy Bears…… Tambo Teddies - who would have thought a little throw away idea would grow into the business it is today? Back in 1992, the suggestion to create sheepskin teddy bears was tossed around in a workshop at the Tambo Shire Hall. Three ladies bit the bullet and took [...]

Stewart – Our Kiwi Cousin

By |2023-07-08T14:56:31+10:00January 19th, 2023|Categories: About Teddy Bears|Tags: , , , , |

Hey Stewart, welcome to the Tambo Teddies family! Hailing from New Zealand, Stewart bear is the newest member of our Tambo Teddies family, in fact we're calling him our kiwi cousin. We were approached by Leonie from Wellington in New Zealand to see if we could make a legacy bear, similar to their [...]

Postmark Tambo Teddies

By |2023-01-15T17:09:48+10:00January 15th, 2023|Categories: Behind The Scenes, News|Tags: , , , |

Tambo has a new Postmaster and Postmark.Changing hands in late November, Tambo’s local Post Office is getting a makeover. Purchased by the owner of the town’s Foodworks, Randall Ellison, one of the first things undertaken was an application for a Postmark that uniquely says ‘TAMBO’.Randall and his partner, Michael, asked Tammy and Alison if [...]