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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: randomness

Out of office Wednesday

I will be out of the office Wednesday to attend a funeral.  All emails will be responded to when I return Thursday. Thank you.

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blog facelift

Hello world!  As you can see, the blog got a little rebrand and facelift over the last week – super fun!  Going for a much more streamlined, cleaner look and hope it represents that!  Let me know if anything is wonky on your end.    There may be a few changes here and there, but...

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Hackers suck!

As some of you may know, the server I’m on (as well as hundreds of others) was hacked on Friday.  Quite a lovely experience (although likely not as lovely as the ghastly skull and crossbones blinking graphic that replaced our home pages!).  Fortunately, all is back on track, but during the process I had no...

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Just a reminder!

It states in the contract regarding your final logo: “….Please do not alter the layout, scale or overall feel of the design without written permission.” I am seeing more and more of my designs being, well, butchered for lack of a better term.  The contract does cover pre-approved alterations (color changes, etc.) but to modify...

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happy holidays!

Just a reminder that we will be closed for the holidays from 12/21 – 1/4 (although I will be doing a little more wrapping up on 12/21).  Like many of you, I will be spending some much needed time with my kids and family, and I hope that you do as well!  I will be...

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Thanksgiving schedule

Hello everyone!  Just a reminder that I will be off for Thanksgiving (especially since my kids will be out of school for the majority of the week).  I had originally planned to be off all week, but have since decided to work today and tomorrow.  I will be off Wednesday-Friday for the holidays and will...

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emails

If you are waiting on an email from me, please know that I am answering them all as fast as humanly possible.  I am working as quickly as I can to catch up on emails, etc. from this past week due to our (mostly rushed, hurried and unexpected) move.  Rest assured, I have not “gone”...

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