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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

Freebie boy announcement!

Yep – free, gratis! 5×7 in size (with a .25″ bleed already added), a layered psd with a layer mask for the image so you have to do is plop your photo into it. I’ve had this one for a while that I slapped together and decided to give it away. The font used on...

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Ho, ho, huh?

Yep, I am almost done with my holiday card templates for 2008!  Can you believe it’s almost that time again? Keep an eye out – they will be released soon!

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The July Logo Vault (new designs added!)

It's that time again – time for new logos to be released on the Logo Vault!  This one seems to have more playful, whimsical logos, so if that's your thing - you're in luck! As said before, each month I will take several logo designs that I have created (that were not chosen) and place them...

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Designer’s Diner

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At last… The Chocolate Vault

Edited:  Added an 8th design (see below) Well, after YEARS of people asking if I would do this, I decided "what the hey!" and am going to give it a go. Introducing The Chocolate Vault! Each month, I will take several logo designs that I have created (that were not chosen) and place them for...

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NEW – birth announcements with a “little” bonus

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Images needed!

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