I'd like to change the look of the system sent e-mails to match the website and have buttons or tabs instead of text links. While I can use another application for newsletters and marketing e-mails I can't use them for the Welcome and Order Status and Confirmation e-mails.

Is it possible to create an e-mail template with buttons and images other than the logo, even if it means paying a service to create them?

I'm using v. 1.3.9h