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.

Australian Teddy Bear supports Little Legs Campaign

By |2017-06-06T05:16:51+10:00June 6th, 2017|Categories: Behind The Scenes|Tags: , , , , , , , , |

A true, blue Australian teddy bear, a Tambo Teddy no less, recently set off to England to support the Little Legs campaign. Little Legs, is a fundraiser being driven by Kate and Michael Still, and the money raised will go to the Steps international charity that supports children in the third world with congenital [...]

Tambo Teddies take on China!

By |2017-05-02T19:08:23+10:00May 2nd, 2017|Categories: Behind The Scenes, Teddy Highlight|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Ever since we purchased the business we have been talking about going global......and last week we took the first solid steps along this path.   It may seem that 3 years is a long time to get our act together but we really wanted to make sure we undertook this project with as little [...]

Tambo Teddy Bear Collector – Our Local Arctophile!

By |2020-06-24T17:54:12+10:00April 4th, 2017|Categories: Teddy Highlight, Teddy Memories|Tags: , , , , , , , |

Tambo's own teddy bear collector, Mardi Noonan began her collection of Tambo Teddies in 1997 when she purchased her first bear called Bessie. There are two Tambo Teddy bear families and Bessie was a very early member of the Toby bear family, number 2301. Created from a short grey wool pelt, Bessie with her [...]

Celebrating Three Years at Tambo Teddies

By |2017-03-21T20:46:59+10:00March 21st, 2017|Categories: Teddy Highlight|Tags: , , , , , , |

This month we are celebrating a significant milestone since we purchased Tambo Teddies- we are celebrating our third birthday!   When we reflect on the past three years we are amazed at how much we have achieved; there have been a lot of challenges but also loads of fun. We have had a lot of [...]

An Ode to Tambo’s Teddy Bears

By |2017-02-11T19:25:28+10:00February 11th, 2017|Categories: Teddy Highlight, Teddy Memories|Tags: , , , , , |

We found this charming poem in our files....... don't know who wrote it but we love it just the same! The drought has spread her blankets wide, with eyes blood red and flaring. Through a string of tiny country towns the mood was bleak, despairing. And in retreat to a steady beat, their dusty [...]