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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.

Monthly Archives: May 2009

Contest Winners!!

I want to first thank our contestants for their entries – so much fun!!  I had the best time seeing them, and reading their stories behind the images.  I really have enjoyed this so much! Here are the entries (numbered in order they were submitted):   #1 – Angela Williams   #2 – Heather Sebastian...

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Some free resource goodness

I figured I’d share some great free resources to all of my blog readers.  These are sites I have either used myself, or stumbled upon and all have great freebies!  As with any site with downloads, be sure to read the terms in their entirety to ensure proper usage.  I will be making this a...

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Need a logo? New promo!

Hello everyone!  In celebration of my new blog, not only am I having a contest (see the post below this one), I have been asked if I would run a promo on logo design, so I decided I would…. and then some! The first person that emails me for Logo Design with the secret word...

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the contest is here!!

Hello faithful readers!  Now that the blog has been released (whew!) the contest is officially underway!  Some super exciting things to be given away (6 prizes total), so read up and participate!  To learn more about the businesses offering prizes, click on the headings.  Good stuff, folks!  Here they are:   A FREE website + a year of...

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Welcome to the new blog!

Well, finally – FINALLY! You know what they say about the shoemaker’s kids…well, that was me in a nutshell. Trying to wrap up a ton of projects left me with little time to get the blog done, but I finally managed to! New blog, new look, new pricing – lots of new things! So browse...

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Donations for contest

Hello everyone! As I mentioned previously, I will be having a “grand opening” blog contest upon the release of the new blog in just a few days. I have a few donations already for prizes and am looking for a few more. If you offer a product or service, and would like a shoutout and...

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Off Thursday

I will be out of the office on Thursday, 5/14 and will be returning emails Friday morning.  Thank you!

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