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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: new goods

even more holiday cards!

Well, we were having so much fun with the fist set of cards that we decided to design a second set of cards for you all!  This set has 6 cards total, which is one more than the first set.  There are (5) 5×7 folded cards (and one is a fun vertical format!) and one 5×5 folded...

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2009 holiday cards are here!

Well, I was finally able to get these done after starting, stopping, starting again…  :o) These are my most versatile cards to date and I am excited to offer them to you all!  The graphic below is pretty descriptive, so I will let it do the talking! For a limited time, get 10% off by...

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recent news!

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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custom splash for black lace portraiture

Susan and I have been working together for about 5 years now and have become good friends in the process.  It was my pleasure to design a new custom splash page for her boudoir photography business that exuded all things her business represents – class, grace and simple elegance. Click to view it live:  Black Lace...

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Blog customization – capturing the miracle

I recently had the privilege to work with the wonderfully talented Holly Curtis of Capturing the Miracle on her new blog.  It was a Tofurious theme and aside from basic customizations (color, font selection, placement, etc.), I also custom designed her background and post separator as well.  Love her colors!   For more information on blog customizations, you can go...

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save the date cards are here!

After the last year of receiving numerous requests from wedding photographers, I finally squeezed in some time to design these card templates!  These are modern, clean cards and versatile as well.  They can be used as other types of cards – birth announcements, moving cards, etc! There are (6) templates in the set All are...

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The November Logo Vault!

Seems that I have been whipping out more playful, whimsy stuff lately!  Once again, I have added some new designs that lean that direction.  I have to say, I have a special love for a few of these illustrations, so whoever gets them – take good care of them (ha)! As said before, each month...

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