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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

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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Images needed for holiday cards!

I am finishing up my holiday card templates and wanted to ask if anyone is willing to share some images for the sample cards.  I would need anywhere between 5-10, and they only need to be 72 dpi as they will be for web samples.  I will happily link to your website from my blog,...

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Images needed for holiday cards!

Whoa!  Talk about flattering!  I have had nearly 20 emails offering up images in, what – 30 minutes?  THANK YOU ALL!  I have the images I need, so now I just need to finish these bad boys up! I am finishing up my holiday card templates and wanted to ask if anyone is willing to...

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Fun Goods for Photographers

Found some really nifty products for photographers – or heck, for those that just love photos. Lots of you know about the adorable Moo Cards, well now there are Moo Stickers. Super cute! Shrinky sheets – love them! I saw these and just giggled at how darn cute they are. They can be purchased here...

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