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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: October 2009

moving time!

Hello everyone!  Things have been super hectic here due to the fact that me and my family are moving – something we are very excited about!  We will be moving this weekend, so I will not have any access to email, etc. from Thursday of this week until Tuesday or so of next week.  I...

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gift certificate winner!!

I am so excited to announce the winner of the $125 gift certificate as well as a complimentary set of templates of their choice!  We had 17 entries and I used www.random.org to generate the number of the winner.  Entry #1 is the first, and #17 is the last entry.  The winner is………… #15 –...

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contest reminder

Just a quick reminder that the contest is for a $125 gift certificate, not for the $200 logo design special.  If you are interested in the logo special, just email me!  The first one who emails, gets it! Thanks again for the entries!  Keep them coming!  :o)

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groundhog day, anyone? do-over and a contest!

If you’ve seen the movie, you know how things tend to repeat themselves over and over and…. Well, after my last logo promo and template sales (thanks to everyone who purchased!), I had lots and lots of people ask me “Is the sale over?  Can you do another” and “I missed out on the logo...

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Logo promo & template sale

I had a few emails asking if I would be running any promos on logo design. I decided I would do a 2′fer, but only for the first TWO people that email me as I am booking fast.  Here you go: The first two people to email me with the code “pickle feet” (yes, pickle...

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branded : East End Portrait Photography

What a fun journey this has been for me! Jenn is simply a doll – easy to work with, open-minded, and more. We began the journey as any should – with her new brand. She operates out of the East End district of her town, so to represent that in her new brand was very...

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Updates

Just a little update to let everyone know that my email/server/disk space issues have been resolved.  I am thrilled beyond belief!  I had a little over 300 emails in my inbox that came in during the six days of downtime that I began responding to yesterday, and am working on getting that task completed.  Thanks...

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