If the check is cashed first, and then the e-mail is sent, the acceptance is good and the rejection does not matter. Perhaps a refund Perhaps forcing performance, requiring Dresse to work all night to make the bags. Louise might be able to receive damages above and beyond the price of the handbags, for instance if she had to buy more expensive bags from another seller. If Louise wanted damages because of a loss of clientele she would have to prove causation, that the loss of clientele was reasonable and foreseeable.
Causation is both a matter of fact and a matter of law.
The UCC 2-207 applies. There was never a seasonable acceptance. We can drop down to the third paragraph of 2-207 and the court will have to construct the Frankenstein s monster of a contract, piecing together what they though were the key terms of the agreement. Yes, a reasonable person would understand that the bags had to be gold. No, the second e-mail was in the form of a question and was therefore merely a suggestion.