Congratulations Martha! Finally! An indication that all the effort you've been making is starting to pay off! I think that getting that first order has to be one of the greatest feelings of achievement. Awesome!

Hi Winston, I have had orders before but since I didn't have a shopping cart set up they had to email or call and we would go from there. I was anxious to see if the shopping cart would bring in more orders. I think it will and it was really nice to know I had it set up right. Martha

The orders are coming in little by little. I guess this shopping cart does make a difference. I do have a couple of problems I haven't figured out yet. Since I only have 1 gourd available I'm not sure how to make it so they can't change the quantity to 2. I do have a note on the page if they read it. Another thing is with Paypal. I thought I had it set up right that they would email me my orders. I must not have something done that I need to do. I found a couple orders in my Mals office that came from Paypal and I didn't get notified. I am working on my pictures of decorated gourds so I can get buttons on them. I'm anxious to see if I get any orders for them. Martha

I've been working on my site some more and would like some feedback. http://marthasgourds.com/gallery/gourdgallery.htm The pictures are links to the details of each item. I don't have the swan details ready yet so there is no link. Also my "add to cart" buttons are not on the details pages either but will be up soon. I just wanted do some brainstorming before I continue any further. Martha

Wow! It's looking really good Martha. You do some amazing work as well. My fav is the squirrel! Cool! The only thing that looks off to me is that the text looks to close to the edges of the tables. For me, personally, I find it a little bit of a distraction. Oh, on the home page, the pics on the right do not seem to load for me. Other than that though it's looking really good to me.