The American Hat Makers are telling all how we make our hats from start to finish! All of our hats are produced right here in America; handmade with premium leather and quality materials. We try our best to please each and every one of our customers by showing them we are the real deal, and this video does JUST THAT! We take you step by step through the process of how we make our very popular SolAir Cabana. So if you’re interested in seeing how it’s made, just click on the video below and see it all for yourself!

American Hat Makers – Handmade Hat from Start to Finish

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Garth and Hannah Watrous, part of our leadership team at Head’n Home, just returned from the Utah Arts Festival, the largest outdoor arts event this Summer in Utah with approximately 800,000 in attendance.

Our Steampunk Hatter and Voodoo Hatter and Ashbury Hats were the big draw – especially our Top Hats.

According to Garth, “now that we have separate and unique brands, it’s easier to talk to hat lovers – we have eclectic brands that are fun to promote. Everyone wants to get into the experience – and make a statement.”

From Hannah – “There were so many highlights. Salt Lake City is a city for hat lovers! The weather was stunning and we loved hanging out with the other artists – the community is so positive, creative and family-oriented.”

“Many mentioned our hats are incredible pieces of art. They are impressed with our handmade work and that we are American made.”

“Our booth had a great energy – everyone who visited was excited to try on hats, take selfies and hang with us.”

(If you want to tag your photo on your social media channel, please use #1800NiceHat.)

One of the biggest highlights was meeting T.J. Miller from the show Silicon Valley and Transformers 4.

“He dug our top hats and stayed in our booth looking around and chatting with us,” said Garth. “He wants to wear our hats for his upcoming premieres – so we may be on the Red Carpet soon!”

The other buzz was interest from Richard Grieco (21 Jump Street) – fingers crossed we get our hats to him.

Head’n Home is a family-owned and operated premier cut and sew hat making company founded in 1978 by Gary Watrous. All of American Hat Makers headwear are guaranteed for life, custom fitted and handmade in Watsonville, California using the finest American leather and materials. Their men’s and women’s hats are renowned for their unsurpassed quality, attention to detail, and unique designs.

To view all our American made hats, visit http://www.headnhome.com/hat-store.html

We couldn’t have made Hat Day in the Sun without the support of our local media. We are so lucky to have excellent journalists in Santa Cruz County!

A huge thank you to these talented and connected folks – especially for allowing us to drop in and give them hats the day before our event in Capitola Village on June 19th – to raise awareness of skin cancer prevention.

Read more about Capitola’s Hat Day in the Sun here.

Here are some of the local press with Hannah Watrous, our VP of Marketing & Branding at American Hat Makers.

Jondi Gumz
Santa Cruz Sentinel
Scotts Valley

Rosemary Chalmers & Bill Graff
KSCO Radio
Santa Cruz

Noel Smith
Capitola Soquel Times
Aptos

Brian Williams
Register-Pajaronian
Watsonville

What a day for hats!

American Hat Makers and Head’n Home celebrated national “Hat Day in the Sun” on June 19th in Capitola Village by giving out 400 hats to raise awareness for skin cancer and the importance of protecting your skin.

We were part of a national public awareness campaign from The Headwear Association – the largest and most prestigious hat organization. We were grateful that Dorfman Pacific in Stockton donated hats so we could give out so many to our local community.

And we gave out 400 hats! The line was nearly down to Zelda’s Resturant at one point — and there were 70 people in line by 1:30p.

According to Hannah Watrous, VP of Marketing and Branding for American Hat Makers (and organizer of the event), “It wasn’t about giving away free hats. It was about educating our kids about the dangers of skin cancer– really relevant in a beach community.”

The true meaning of this event became apparent and so important once we started hearing stories people shared about their own experiences with skin cancer – from a husband who is currently undergoing chemotherapy for skin cancer (he did receive a hat!) to someone showing us her melanoma scars. We couldn’t be more grateful to be able to share our hats with the local community.

Hannah was overjoyed “hearing the different stories of the survivors…it was priceless!”

We even met visitors from San Jose who are now enjoying our hats.

The Jr. Guards supported our event, too – since Hannah’s daughter is part of the team, “I still receive appreciation from not only the parents of the guards but the children/teenagers genuinely appreciate their Sun Hat!

I can’t wait until next year!!”

Neither can we.

Here’s some of our Press from the event:

We made the front page of the local section in the Santa Cruz Sectional: http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/localnews/ci_25997736/capitola-enjoys-hat-day-sun

We also received generous coverage here, too – thanks to everyone!

http://www.santacruzsentinel.com/capitola/ci_25930363/free-sun-hats-june-19-capitola

http://www.santacruzwaves.com/local-loop/american-hat-makers-sponsor-national-hat-day-in-the-sun-on-june-19/

http://www.contracostatimes.com/california/ci_25930363/free-sun-hats-june-19-capitola

http://aromas.crwe-pr.com/blog/2014/06/20/capitola-enjoys-hat-day-in-the-sun/

http://www.santacruz.com/hat-day-in-the-sun-e2114391

http://santacruz.patch.com/groups/events/p/hat-day-in-the-sun–free-hats-in-capitola-village

http://events.kionrightnow.com/Hat_Day_in_the_Sun_FREE…

http://eventful.com/capitola/events/hat-day-sun-free-hats-prevent-skin-cancer-/E0-001-071501755-2

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