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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.

Category Archives: fun stuff

valentine card freebie!

Thursday, February 11, 2010

Better late than never!  Wanted to share this Valentine’s Day card with all of you.  It’s sized as a 5×5 VERTICAL (the fold is at the top) and is formatted to WHCC’s standards.  Enjoy! Click here to download

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posted in the category fun stuff, templates

gift certificate winner!!

Wednesday, October 21, 2009

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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posted in the category fun stuff, promos

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

Thursday, October 15, 2009

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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recent news!

Monday, July 13, 2009

First bit of news – I am nearly done with the 2009 Holiday Card templates!  I am very excited to bring these to you this year.  They are my most versatile set yet!  The best way to describe them would be “retro vintage” – hmm…  :o) Secondly, it has been a while, but I am...

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posted in the category fun stuff, new goods, templates

branded : kelli jane photography

Friday, July 10, 2009

I had the recent pleasure of working with Kelli Jane, photographer, and had so much fun!  She is sweet (and a great photographer to boot!) and really gave me some fantastic inspiration for her logo.  She sent me several image collages of various things she loved – almost things you would see in a country...

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Exciting news!

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Much has been happening over here in Chocolate Cactus land.  Aside from the new splash page (seen here: www.chocolatecactus.com), and other projects, We have added to the team! Holly Curtis is a photographer, not to mention a great friend.  She and I have quite a history – we worked together years ago designing websites (she, the...

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Some free resource goodness

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

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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