Arch & Alex

28/07/2024

And still I get it wrong! 🥴🤦🏼‍♀️😂😂

21/07/2024

Anyone get struck by centre line amnesia this weekend? 🥴😂

25/06/2024

Any questions? 😅🤣

18/06/2024

We love liberty and positive reward focused training, so we’re so excited to bring one of our favourites Dr Nadine Lindblom to our hood in the Macedon Ranges. Nadine will be presenting a one day workshop in Newham, Victoria on Sunday, 4 August 2024. There will be a max of 6 participants so that sessions can be personalised and only one of these spots remains. For more information and to secure your spot as a participant or spectator, head to our website.

Now to work on some liberty themed candles… 😅

18/03/2024

Ever wondered how a smell can trigger an involuntary rush of memories and the emotion associated with these memories? This sensation even has its own name - a Proustian moment (named after French author Marcel Proust).

Well, apparently neuroscience has an explanation for this and it’s to do with the brain’s anatomy. Our sense of smell is handled by the olfactory bulb at the front of the brain. Smells take a direct route to the limbic system, bypassing the hypothalamus and going directly to the amygdala and the hippocampus, the regions related to emotion and memory. So in effect, when our brain stores the memory of a scent, the emotions experienced when we inhaled that scent get stored right along with it.

So this could explain why equestrians love the smell of horses, hay, sawdust, leather (hell, even horse 💩) so much, since the emotions stored with those scent memories will for the most part be positive. And this is why non-equestrians will never understand how or why the candles in our range that mimic the smell of the barn, the tack room, a beach ride or a ride on a hot summers day are so popular. But we know why. And now so do you! 😉🕯️👃🏼 🪄

10/02/2024

Darn those scammers 😉😂🤣🤣

28/01/2024

I’m thinking a black or buckskin Lusitano… 😍😂

31/12/2023

Super excited for 2024!!! 🐎🐎🐎🐎

25/12/2023

Call us Scrooge McGrinch but the Christmas decorations never even made it out of the cupboard this year, lol 😬😂 So there was no decorating the stables and horses for a cheesy A&A Christmas photo. So we asked AI to generate us an image instead 😁 So here is an AI interpretation of a festive looking Lynx, Pearl and Chad to wish you all a very happy Christmas 🎄

24/12/2023

22/12/2023

Last minute stocking filler 🎅 Candles by Arch & Alex make beautiful and thoughtful gifts for any equestrian!

Shop Now: https://bit.ly/ArchAlexCandle

14/12/2023

Your horse called. He’d like a Protechmasta infrared poll pad for Christmas. You’re welcome 🎅🏼😉😂

06/12/2023

Introducing our latest creation, our limited edition No. 22 candle Droving Days. Named after the Banjo Paterson poem and made for all who love to sit by a warm campfire after a day in the saddle, with the sound of your horse chomping contentedly in the background and the smell of woodsmoke, oilskin and eucalyptus in your nostrils. Which is exactly what this candle smells like! 🔥

01/12/2023

All sorted!! 🎄😂

30/11/2023

Summer is so close we can smell it. Or is that the cut grass and citronella scent of our No. 3 candle Summer Ride that we can smell??

25/11/2023

Ready when you are, universe 🐴🐶🍷💵💵💵😂

03/11/2023

Will you be spending time with your very own unicorn this weekend?

31/10/2023

We can handle ghosts and ghouls 👻 But the sight of limping horses fills us with dread 😱 What else should be on this list? Happy Halloween folks!! 🎃

19/09/2023

Can you relate?? 🫣
Maybe you need a Protechmasta poll pad! 😉😂

13/09/2023

Have you tried the Protechmasta infrared poll pad to make those Spring rides a little less, erm… exuberant??

https://www.archandalex.com.au/store/p126/protechmasta-pollpad.html