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.

Loving Your Small Business

By |2022-06-02T15:31:35+10:00June 2nd, 2022|Categories: Behind The Scenes|Tags: , , , , |

As you might have seen on our socials or online; May is the Queensland Small Business Month for 2022. Tambo Teddies is proud to be a small business in a small town, but with a big impact! How do we know? Because we are close to our customers and engage with them daily. Sometimes [...]

Tambo Teddies For a Winter Day

By |2023-07-08T15:17:01+10:00April 30th, 2022|Categories: Tambo Updates|Tags: , , , , |

Rain in Tambo always brings smiles to our faces, the temperatures drop and everything becomes a glorious shade of green and winter is just around the corner. Cars driving down the main street are covered in mud, the only clean part is where the windshield wipers got rid of the dirt. Working in [...]

Digger the Dog

By |2022-04-09T17:10:05+10:00April 9th, 2022|Categories: Teddy Highlight|Tags: , , , , , |

A New Farm Family Member: great to have on the land and in bed to cuddle. We proudly present our newest farm family member -- Digger the Dog. This border collie styled sheep dog is very much needed in our shop. Our Tambo Lambos get so excited when their new owners come to meet [...]

Act happy, makes happy!

By |2022-03-23T06:02:37+10:00March 23rd, 2022|Categories: About Teddy Bears|Tags: , , , |

The third week in March is when we celebrate Act Happy Week. The focus of this Week is to make people aware of the actions they can take to create those happiness hormones in their body that drives positive emotions. Did you realise that consciously acting happy can actually make us happy? Let's see [...]

A Teddy Bear’s Story

By |2022-03-16T06:34:32+10:00March 16th, 2022|Categories: Behind The Scenes|Tags: , , , |

Once upon a time, (that's how a good story begins) I was just another Teddy Bear in the shop. First time I opened my eyes, I saw this lady smile at me. She had a beautiful red ribbon in her dark hair and was sitting behind a sewing machine. She handed me over to [...]