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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.

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Last sale before pricing increase!

Hello everyone!  Boy, it has been a busy couple of months for me as I have just finished wrapping up some pretty amazing projects.  I just completed brands (and more!) for everything from a Wedding and Event Planning company to (of course) some amazing photographers to a cosmetic dentist to a search engine company.  Whew! ...

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employment opportunity!

Hello everyone and Happy New Year!  I am looking forward to all that 2010 has to offer.  Some exciting things on the horizon that I cannot wait to share! In recent months, I have been blessed with more work than usual and many inquiries which means a waiting list that’s running out of space.  Because...

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Jodi is in the hospital

This is Holly Curtis typing on the Chocolate Cactus Blog for Jodi.  I wanted to let all of her clients know that she has been in the hospital for the past several days.  She has been very sick and wanted me to let her clients know she was in the hospital unable to check her...

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Logo promo & template sale

I had a few emails asking if I would be running any promos on logo design. I decided I would do a 2′fer, but only for the first TWO people that email me as I am booking fast.  Here you go: The first two people to email me with the code “pickle feet” (yes, pickle...

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Updates

Just a little update to let everyone know that my email/server/disk space issues have been resolved.  I am thrilled beyond belief!  I had a little over 300 emails in my inbox that came in during the six days of downtime that I began responding to yesterday, and am working on getting that task completed.  Thanks...

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Email nearly fixed

Just a quick note to let you all know that the email issue has been resolved.  Seems that instead of coming off the server as they were supposed to, all emails (new and old) were staying ON the server, therefore making my inbox fill up.  I was not happy to hear this, as you can...

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Email down

Once again, my email is down.  As I’ve said before this is absolutely unacceptable to me.  I am awaiting a response from the hosting company as we speak.  I am very sorry for any troubles.  I have many emails to send and am waiting to receive, so this couldn’t have come at a worse time.  I...

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