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well, hello there!

Welcome to the Chocolate Cactus blogsite.  A little of this and a little of that, all rolled into one big ball of goodness.  Here you will be able to read the latest, see recent works and read random babbles all in one place.  You're one lucky duck.

With nine years of design experience and an accomplished marketing background, owner and creative director Jodi Bell prefers a straightforward, personalized approach to her design work. "Everything I design is done with marketing in mind," states this former designer for a Houston-based magazine. It is her philosophy that "Standout designs equal effective marketing". The result is that the marketing and branding process is made infinitely easier for her clients. Jodi's portfolio reveals her love of typography and clean, no-frills designs. It is this that makes her designs standout creations that market themselves. 


Chocolate Cactus offers a variety of design work. Jodi's talents include creating complete identities to collateral materials and logo designs. Aside from logos, one of her specialties is custom one-of-a-kind announcements and wedding invitations. Because her clean, fresh designs appeal to a wide variety of industries, her client list includes not only photographers worldwide but also boutiques, auto manufacturers and just about everything in between.

Jodi has a special affinity for her photographer clients, most likely because she's a photographer herself, having won accolades and recognition for her photographic work. A self-professed font queen, Jodi lives in the Houston, Texas area with her husband and four sons. She continues the hunt for clean, fabulous typography...over 3,500 fonts and counting.

A few small changes (policies)

Man, have I been kicking some serious tail over here! Getting a lot of projects completed and sent this week, so if you are awaiting an email, keep your eyes peeled.

Also, I am getting inquiries left and right and am booking up rather quickly. I will have a waiting list starting soon, so if you are debating, now is likely the best time to commission me for services as I can’t promise what the timeframe will be like in even 1 week!

Lastly, I implemented a couple of changes to my policies effective immediately regarding invoices:

Invoices should be paid within 48 hours due to the few number of slots available at any given time. I have several people at any given time who are interested, and when an invoice is paid, it officially places you on the list. When they aren’t paid in a timely manner, it makes it unfair to those who are interested but cannot wait for the next available slot.

  • Any invoices that are not paid within 48 hours will incur a 10% late fee and a new invoice will be issued at that time.

I hope you can understand that this is the best decision to make for my clients as a whole so that there are no extended wait times. I have had clients wait sometimes weeks to pay their invoices, and I hate to say, but I am unable to sit on them for that long as it is unfair to those who are able to pay immediately. Please keep in mind that I also accept credit cards via PayPal as well, so if you do not have a PayPal account, please do not feel as though you have to open one!

  • Also, if you are paying by eCheck via PayPal, please note that those payments take 3-5 business days (per PayPal) to clear. While you be placed on the list, I am unable to start on your project until it has cleared.

I appreciate your understanding very much!

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