Chad was quoted as saying, “With the market flooded with cheap, gimmicky little nick-nacks, I’ve found it tough to find high quality apparel accessories that are unique in appearance and design. Thanks to the folks at Watto for providing for me a very nice addition to my wardrobe with their signature ‘Winged Skull’ buckle.”

Aranda band members including Chad Roper, Dameon Aranda, Gabe Aranda, and Mike Walker originated their rock band in Oaklahoma City. Their first record Aranda, was released on April 22, 2008. They recently toured on the Buzzfest Tour with headliner Alice in Chains.

Visit them at:

http://twitter.com/ArandaMusic

http://www.myspace.com/aranda

WATTO Distinctive Metal Wear Meets American Idols

Mesa AZ, Dec 12. 2009

Watto Distinctive Metal Wear showed at the Mesa Holiday Music and Arts Festival held at the fabulous Mesa Arts Center in downtown Mesa Arizona today Dec 12.

Although the weather left much to be desired, we had a very pleasant surprise! Who just happens to walk into our booth but American idols Michael Sarver and Alexis Grace of season 8, David Hernandez from season 7 and Gina Glocksen from season 6. Wanna know more about ‘em? Visit the following links. And yes, they were as nice as they seem on the video. Please support their musical journey!
http://www.americanidol.com/contestants/season_8/michael_sarver/
http://www.americanidol.com/archive/contestants/season7/david_hernandez/
http://www.alexisgraceweb.com/
http://www.americanidol.com/archive/contestants/season6/gina_glocksen/

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Some rockin’ shots from our friend Steph of http://www.stephfowlerphotography.com/ wearing WATTO Distinctive Metal Wear buckles.

Nov 7 & 8 2009

To see these in photo version visit our Facebook gallery at: http://www.facebook.com/wattoonline/

Sept 1 NY 2009

WATTO Distinctive Metal Wear recentely participated as a sponsor for the Crue Fest NY 2009 tour through our partnership with The Backstage Artist Lounge http://www.backstageartistlounge.com/

As quoted on their website “Created by Christina Martin, The Backstage Artist Lounge is a private lounge installed backstage at major music festivals where sponsors connect with talented bands for product sampling and relationship building opportunities. ”
They have all sorts of great pics of band members with different companies products. Check out their gallery section http://www.backstageartistlounge.com/backstageartistlounge-gallery.php

They are a terrific group to work with and got us some fabulous shots of WATTO buckles with Motley Crue, Godsmack, Drowning Pool, Theory of a Deadman and Charm City Devils. To see which band members chose which buckle, check out our facebook page. http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=308124&id=191510025176&ref=mf. 
The band members were so awesome to take such rockin photos with our product.

Bevin Hamilton,one of Motley Crue’s dancers loved the buckles and ordered several more from us. We are waiting for pics from her. She was quoted as saying, “What I love about WATTO buckles is that they have taken creative metal work and made them so each one is unique. They are so rock and roll and I can’t wait to wear one at my next gig!” She’s such a doll!

Crue Fest 2 was a big success for everyone. We look forward to sponsoring one of the shows of Crue Fest 3 in 2010.

Oct 25, 2009

Pinal Fairgrounds Casa Grande, Arizona

The day started out cooooooooold, but ended up beautiful! We woke up EARLY (5am) and drove an hour and a half to get to the fairgrounds then set up.

The event benefited Diabetes which is an issue that affects so many adults and children in the US.
At about 9:30 the bikers came rollin’ in and the festivities began. Great music and a rockin’ bike show which Jon helped to judge. They also had all you can eat Mexican, burgers and Corona. AHHHHH a relaxing day in the sun with a full tummy and sold some buckles to boot!
Day ended early around 3 and we were back home and unpacked by 5. All in all a nice day for a great cause! Here’s a few pics.

See more on our Facebook page.
http://www.facebook.com/wattoonline#/album.php?aid=335444&id=191510025176

Oct 30- Nov 1

Fine Art & Unique Crafts from over 170 Artisans
Benefiting Big Brothers Big Sister of Tucson

Friday was freezing! Started off at 32 degrees which is pretty darn cold for Tucson! But, as the day went on the weather turned beautiful. There were over 170 artisans and food vendors. Lots of great artwork.
Sat was much busier and the weather warmed up to the proper Tucson temperature. Our neighbor artists were so wonderful and gave us lots of tips for showing. We were considered the “newbies” so they all took care of us.