***This giveaway is no longer accepting entries – see who won below!***
Our winner, thanks to the willy nilly matchmaking skills of random.org, is… Sharon (who’s hoping to be matched up with a piece of art to finish off a master bedroom renovation). Congrats!
Art.com is full of affordable stuff to help solve Naked Wall Syndrome (like these horse prints that we recently purchased) so we’re psyched that they’re giving away an $250 gift card to one of you lucky folks this week. They’ve launched a new tool called Match My Image that promises to come in handy next time you’re hunting for the perfect piece. You just upload an image – maybe of a fabric that you’re trying to coordinate or a photo that you’re using as inspiration – and it spits out a slew of art in that color scheme/vein that’s available for purchase. Here’s what we happened upon when we uploaded a couple of personal pictures (a photo of the river here in Richmond and a painting that Clara recently whipped up). Fun, right?
- PRIZE: A $250 gift card to Art.com
- TO ENTER: Comment on this post with the words “MATCH ME!” and…
- BONUS QUESTION: … tell us if you’ve ever tried playing matchmaker? Or has someone else tried to match you up? How did it all work out? Was it amazing? Or should you (or your would-be matchmaker) stick to their day job?
- GIVEAWAY CLOSES: Wednesday, July 13th at 8pm EST
- NUMBER OF WINNERS: One
- PRIZE SHIPS: The United States
- USUAL STUFF: One entry per e-mail address is permitted. The winner will be selected using random.org and announced on Thursday as an update to this post. That’s right, come right back here on Thursday morning for the announcement of our winner. Good luck…
Note: We weren’t paid or perk’d for hosting this giveaway, we just take them on to reward our lovely readers! See our Giveaway FAQs page for more info. Pics from Art.com.
Morgan says
MATCH ME!
What a neat new feature, I’m going to have to check it out. And yes, I have played matchmaker before, and it didn’t work!
Allisson says
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I’ve had friends try to set me up but I refuse to go on the set-up date!
Meghan says
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In six weeks I will be going to the wedding of two friends that I set up in college. It’s my fourth successful matchmaking marriage (not including my own)! All of us are super close so it has been great to share each others weddings and now start families together.
Paige says
Match me! I NEVER play matchmaker…ever!
Kelly says
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I don’t think I’ve ever successfully match anybody up except myself. But I seemed to have done pretty well on that front, as we’ll be celebrating our 10 years together/5 years married anniversary this November :)
Debbie says
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Stephanie says
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I’ve tried to play matchmaker with my best guy friend, but he keeps turning all the girls down! Picky dude.
Liz says
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Never been a matchmaker though!
Elizabeth B. says
Match Me!!! Wheee….
laura says
MATCH ME!! I don’t think I’ve ever had any matchmaker type experiences! That’s probably a good thing. :)
Natalie says
MATCH ME! I’ve only played matchmaker once and it turned into a lovely marriage of (doing math in my head) 12 years and 4 kids! Go me! :)
Hillary says
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My friend kept trying to match me up with a friend of a friend. I guess it worked out pretty well since I ended up marrying him ;)
Taryn says
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My cousin introduced me to my husband!! He had told me about him tons of times, but I didn’t think he knew what he was talking about. One day I bit the bullet and now I am married to the kid…Who would have thunk it??
Meg says
MATCH ME! Yeah…in high school, a friend hooked me up with what I could only describe as an albino. At least I learned the early lesson not to accept blind date offers ever again. ;-)
Lindsey says
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I have never played matchmaker but there is one relationship that I take credit for. My best friend and my fiances friend now date and will probably get married. I like to pretend I did that. =)
Misty says
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I try not to play matchmaker, because my husband plays that role enough for the both of us!
Amanda says
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Greg says
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Yup, tried playing matchmaker once for a buddy of mine. Total and complete whiff. She was completely interested and him not so much.
Kate says
MATCH ME! I met my husband by being set up by my now mother in law. We then introduced two other couples to one another, so she is responsible for 3 marriages!
K says
MATCH ME!
I should not play matchmaker. It has never worked out.
Anne with an e says
Match me! I’ve never been set up on a date, but my husband has a female coworker he thinks I’d get along really well with and is trying to set us up on a blind-friend-date :)
Jenny says
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I have never been set up or set any of my friends up. Not sure I would trust their taste… haha
Abby says
Match Me! I’ve never tried to set someone up, although I’ve always wanted to go on a blind date.
Laura says
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My friends on cleaning crew the summer I worked with them told me that me and my friend Matt were “swooning over each other” every day when we had lunch together (we weren’t) and that we should totally date because we’d be perfect for each other.
That was three years ago. I’m marrying Matt next summer.
Ellen says
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My husband and I met on a blind date :)
Pamela says
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I’ve never played matchmaker, but my husband and I were matched up by a mutual friend (that he dated briefly – how weird is that?). Over seven years later and we’re still going strong, so I am very grateful that my friend Kim did play matchmaker!
Devon says
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Yes, Ive had friends try to play matchmaker. No great stories, and no horrific stories. I wish I had something funny out of it!
Stephanie says
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I matched a friend of mine up with a younger guy I knew. DID NOT work. I haven’t tried again since then.
Shaye C. says
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Abby says
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I keep trying to set up my sister but I think she’s just getting mad. I better just (try to) quit! ha ha.
danielle says
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Kirsten says
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I’ve been set up a few times… but all to no avail. Still hoping it will someday, because it is a fun way to meet new people!
michelle says
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I’ve never played match maker but a many years ago my sister tried to get me to date her husbands best friend. Glad I didn’t give in, he’s a total creep now.
Emily says
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Laura Beth says
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Someone played matchmaker for me once … it was nice to meet someone new and interesting but in the end it didn’t work out.
Amanda says
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I do not play matchmaker… It terrifies me.
Jill@nokoikonomia says
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My husband originally set me up with his roommate. Luckily, that match didn’t work out and we got married several years later!
Shannon says
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Oh my, I’ve attempted to play matchmaker.. but it usually doesn’t even make it to the date since both parties disagree with me – woops! Looks like the day job it is!
KLL says
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I was matched by an online matchmaker…and the guy couldn’t stop watching football and eating wings long enough to even shake my hand. Then he asked me out again…not a great experience.
Lindsey says
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I’ve been matched before – and met my wonderful boyfriend! I love playing matchmaker too.
Sabra says
Match me!!
stephanie says
MATCH ME! I haven’t matched anyone up yet…but I’d like to find the perfect guy for my sister!!
Nicholin says
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I’ll have to go through and play with that; I need some art for my bedroom walls now that I’ve finished painting them.
Liz says
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I’ve never matched anyone up, but my brother introduced me to my husband. It was a good match!
AshleyB says
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I’m trying to play matchmaker right now for my husband’s best friend. We’re trying to convince him to move to our city, and finding him a girlfriend would go a long way in that regard!
Jen says
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I’ve never played matchmaker, but I’m single so maybe someone will help me out ;)
Jessica says
MATCH ME! First time comment leaver and long time reader here from WI! I need something for my big living room wall and would LOVE to have it Matched for me! My 10 year (and counting) marriage is a result of my college roommates matchmaking and we couldn’t be happier. Yay for matchmaking friends! Now if I could only win this Art.com giveaway…
Jill@nokoikonomia says
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My husband set me up with his roommate when we first me. Luckily, that match didn’t work out and we got married several years later!
Katie says
MATCH ME —- I have never played matchmaker nor been matched up. My best friend was matched up with “the one” through a website.
Jennifer says
“MATCH ME!” I was once set up on a blind date with this guy a good friend of mine thought was perfect for me. Well apparently she did not know me at all. I get to the date, which was a double with my friend and her boyfriend, and the guy is shorter then me, I don’t mean hairline bit shorter. I mean barefoot this guy came to my chin. I was shocked by the match, I know I had mentioned I did not date shorter men. And besides that he talked all night about his love of hunting, I am a vegetarian. In the end…HORRIBLE. Yet the next morning I woke up to a text from him that stated awesome meeting you, can’t wait to see you again. Needless to say, I mysteriously got sick for a month.