Testimonials

• What were you struggling with before working with me? Creating a professional and fun looking camp calendar.
• What hesistations did you have about hiring me? No hesitations! We heard and saw great work coming from you!
• What was The Thing that made you decide to hire me? Seeing your creative work!
• What would your life/business be like now if we hadn’t worked together? I would be creating one myself, which would not have looked as nice!
• What is your life/business like now we’ve worked together? A whole lot easier 🙂
• Which of these sentences would best describe me?>> Carol’s process blew me away. She is whip-smart, so talented and so professional.

Cottonwood Whispers Design combines the feeling of being a member of their family and the professionalism of hiring a corporate company when creating, designing, and publishing your website. I felt so confident and comfortable working with them and not feeling like I was being taken advantage of — which, if you’ve gotten bids for a website before, is very likely. Working with Cottonwood Whispers in 2017 made me more motivated to work with them again in 2019 when I helped a surgeon start his own company.

Rest assured, the work CWD provides is never one and done. They are the first to tell me if there’s a website issue, and in the rare chance I catch something first, they will drop anything and everything to resolve the issue.

If you’re debating on whether or not to update a website or start a new site, stop your search. This company will not disappoint.

When I started my company I created a webpage on GoDaddy using one of their templates. It was only one page and it served its purpose for a brief time. I reached out to Carol because I needed to get a full, professional website done as my company was growing. I gave her basically no information or direction. I sent her a few examples of what I liked and didn’t like but, really, she was starting with little to go on. Carol absolutely crushed it. She took what little information I gave her and ran with it and from the very first concept that she sent to me, my attitude about this website completely changed. At the time I started this process, it was just another tedious task that I needed to get done, however, her designs got me excited about the project and the possibilities. By the end, this project had gone from me just needing a website so potential clients knew that I was an actual company, to a website that I am VERY proud of. I WANT to send people to my website now to show it off. She made the process simple and delivered results that I couldn’t have even dreamed of when I first started. I would highly recommend her services to anyone.

I’ll forever use this designer. Exceptional work!

Wonderful to work with. Wonderful work. Thank you!

Carol Gallmeyer (Cottonwood Whispers’ owner) is a gifted magician. She can make beauty out of thin air OR out of amateurish photos and text OR out of half-baked notions. I know because she has been raising the bar for me in all of those arenas for years.

My website. The Topeka High Historical Society’s website. My advertising-by-mail campaigns. My family Christmas cards including multi-page stories I shared with friends. I give Carol my rough ideas and she gives them back to me looking professional, glossy and polished, assembled in better ways than I could have ever envisioned. Thrilling.

Carol even helps me with wording and grammar! She knows PUNCH.

My only frustration with Carol is that she is too humble. I think that she doesn’t charge enough for her time. For instance, working with Hall’s Commercial Printing for paper goods like photo cards, advertising fliers, and stationery, under Carol’s sophisticated eye and supervision I get better, more personalized cards and advertising than I could get elsewhere, and I get it all for half the price I would pay elsewhere.

I’ve worked with Carol in the design/web industry for over 5 years! She is creative, but also tech savvy, which is the best of both worlds when it comes to a designer! We have worked together on many different projects and she always has had them done on time and would work hard until the project was complete! Carol is a perfectionist and always does her best to keep her clients happy! 🙂 I can always count on her!

We have had Carol completely redo websites for two organizations here in Topeka. She had wonderful suggestions, worked very well with our group who really doesn’t understand the first thing about websites and how they operate, she is very quick at turning things around, and the finished product was beyond what we had envisioned! We are very pleased with everything she has done and look forward to a continued relationship with her. Thanks so much Carol!

I have never met a more talented digital artist than Carol. She never fails to exceed my expectations. I would not recommend her to anyone because I want her all to myself.