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My name is Roz Fruchtman.  I am the owner/designer of Say It With eCards, a Judaic eCards website.

I have been asked:  “What motivates your eCards designs?

While I will expand on this at a later date… I find “life, itself is the greatest inspirational motivator for eCards designs.  Life happens, things change moment by moment.  What better source of inspirational material can one ask for — better yet… it’s free!

Whether things are great, mediocre or downright bad or sad…  I never consider myself to be unique.  IF I am feeling it, then someone else is, will be or knows someone who is or will be.  While we are all individuals and different in our own right, we are all really the same in many ways!

It took me a long time to figure out why I am designing eCards and why I have never given up — even in the tough times when relatives told me: “Why don’t you get a real job!”  There was a defiance and a stronger pull to NOT GIVE UP!  I now know why and will write about that later.  As well I will write about what turned it all around for me seven years ago — it will be painful, but it is time.

With warm regards to you and yours,

It’s early Sunday morning here in NYC. Looks and feels a bit chilly out…

Woke early and ran for the camera to see if I could grab me that perfect picture of “daybreak” I want to be my identify here at Designs by Daybreak. I have some ideas running around in this creative head of mine, but nothing precise. I will admit, the challenge of it all has become great fun!

These days… It’s a novelty when I pull one of my now famous “all nighters!” I still do it from time to time, but not as often. Let’s not kid ourselves, I would pull an “all nighter” in a “New York Minute” if the opportunity arose. Watch up… Rosh Hashanah is coming quickly… I feel an “all nighter,” or two or three coming on!

I have this thing about not sleeping during the day — perhaps I would miss something important. Or… perhaps there is the stigma of being lazy and not getting up on time. But, what is on time? Whose time are we talking about? It is MY time and MY schedule we are talking about — after all. So… who really cares what time I get up in the morning or afternoon!

Well, it’s Sunday morning and I like to watch the TV Pastors — when I am up this early, which is becoming a rarity these days. I have even begun “sleeping in” during the week — shame on me! Joel Osteen and Joyce Meyer are my favorites. They are both “prosperity preachers” and their message is more motivational.

I’m beginning to ramble, I’m off to have some warm oatmeal to feed my hunger and some spiritualism to feed my soul!

See ya later!

P.S.  If the colors on the site do not quite match yet — header image, content and link colors — it is not because I am color blind.  The colors do not match because I have not finished setting up.  I felt getting some content written was more important.  I hope you agree!

As with most designers, I am my toughest critic.

Designs By Daybreak was my first domain name.  It was chosen because I worked straight through until the break of day most days.  I used to say… “I did my best work in the wee small hours of the morning.”

Right now… I am working on a Blog Design visitors can navigate easily while being one I can identify with.

As with writing content, I find it is easier to design when I have something to start with that is more my own than the images the blog template came with.  The interesting thing is, sometimes the design changes so radically, it often does not resemble what I started with.

Please stay tuned!

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Stay in Touch… Follow me on Twitter! @SayItWithEcards and/or @RozFruchtman

Welcome…

Still setting up.  Thanks for understanding!

 My name is Roz Fruchtman. I am a Bronx, NY Digital Artist.

I am the owner/designer of Say It With eCards Judaic Greetings aka Say It With eCards.

The “Designs by Daybreak” domain name alone speaks volumes.

I have been known — and still am — to work through the night when I am on a roll. When the sun comes up and everyone is staggering about for their first cup of coffee, I am just going to sleep! BUT… I am a bit different, not liking to sleep during the day — I am not sure why — I think I will be missing something I suppose… I do not sleep for very long and am up again in a few hours.

While this “WAS” the norm when I first started out, it is NOT now. So when I do pull an all nighter it is more fun than work as my creative juices churn out what I would like to think of as works of art used to bring people together across the black hole of CyberSpace using my Judaic eCards website Say It With eCards as their “Vehicle of Communication!”

There is a lot of controversy about eCards vs Paper Cards and their value and meaning. Like most things in life, all things mean something else to different people. I would like to share my point of view through an online diary so you, the reader, have an opportunity to see the other side of the coin and can appreciate the work, creativity, energy, ingenuity, passion and love that goes into each and every eCard you send from the Say It With eCards website.

Say it With eCards is NOT just another eCard website. I have heard people say: “An eCard is an eCard — if you see one you’ve seen them all!” NOT TRUE!

Why is Say It With eCards different? When you sign up for a Say It With eCards membership you not only get access to more than 3,800 exclusive Judaic eCard designs, but you also get me as your guide. I offer personalized individual customer service.

When you are a member of Say It With eCards you deal with the same person all the time. No need to have to repeat your problem over an over and over again until you get to the right person to help you. You get help the first time out. IF you live in the United States I will even call you when necessary. This happens rarely, but there are times when it is quicker to get someone set up via phone than to write emails back and forth, especially around holiday time when everyone is in a hurry and feeling harassed.

More later…

Warmly,

Roz Fruchtman, Owner/Designer
Say It With eCards Judaic Greetings
http://www.SayItWithEcards.com