***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.
Melisa says
MATCH ME!
No, I’ve never played matchmaker and my friends have never tried to match me up. Probably because I come from a small town and we all know the same people, LOL.
Dara says
MATCH ME!
I’ve never played matchmaker…but I’ve been so tempted to try and fix my sister up with a good friend’s brother. Matchmaking isn’t really my thing so I’ll probably never follow through.
Katie M says
MATCH ME! I’ve never played matchmaker before. I can’t handle that kind of drama! :)
Melissa T says
MATCH ME!
Divah says
MATCH ME!
I have played matchmaker, fail.
Ann says
MATCH ME! Never played matchmaker :)
Monica says
Match me!
I have tried to play matchmaker a few times in the past. Most of the time they tried to pull me i the middle of their fights. BUT One of which lasted over 3 years. It was fun at first, but I have to say that I do not plan to do it in the future and I’m not quitting my day job for sure!
Katie says
Match me! I have tried to be a matchmaker on multiple occasions and never has it worked out, but I am still not giving up!
Rachel says
MATCH ME!
I’ve matched a few friends in my day, but none of my matches have led to marriage or lasting committment. I hated being matched awkwardly when I was dating, though, so I try to keep it casual and group-y when I’m hosting! :)
Andrea S. says
Match Me!
As far as being a matchmaker, my husband tries to match people all the time. He started trying to match my friends with his friends and that is where I put a stop to it. I could see disaster coming! He has a good record, though. He matched two of his friends who are both married now.
Wendy says
Match Me! I was set up by a friend once. It was not great. At all.
Kimberly says
My friend in college showed me a picture of my “perfect guy”…I wasn’t impressed. Apparently he wasn’t either. Months later I was out celebrating my birthday with friends…and who do I meet…that’s right…my “perfect guy”. Well you can’t judge someone based on a picture! We have been together ever since that night. Now we are married (3.5 years) and our baby girl is almost 1. I vote that my friend keep matchmaking.
Kimberly says
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Meg says
MATCH ME!
I actually got two of my friends together when they had both expressed interest and neither of them wanted the other to know. I (after much encouragement) convinced the guy to ask the girl out. They got married last month :) I’ve also been the subject of a few set-ups, but they never really succeeded.
Jennifer says
MATCH ME! I’ve never played matchmaker…but maybe someday!
Katherine says
Match Me!
My bf and I met through mutual friends…yet they didn’t ever think to put us together. But it works!
Megan B. says
Match Me! The only matchmaking I’ve done is stuff I want to get rid of that might make someone else happy!
Laura M says
MATCH ME! One of my good friends matched me and my husband together one night at a bar and we just got married on June 4, 2011!
Amy G says
Match me! And I married my high school sweetheart so no funny matchmaking stories…
Kate says
MATCH ME!
No romantic matchmaking here, but I LOVE home decor match making/coordinating.
Kate says
MATCH ME!
I love this site and have a wish list a mile long.
I have tried a couple of times to set up some of my friend but so far no love connections. Maybe it’s time to hang up my hat?
Jaye says
Match Me!
In high school, my best friend would always match me up with one of her boyfriend’s friends. Things never worked out since I was not interested in dating, at all.
Amy O says
Match Me!
My best friend since 7th grade matched me with the man that eventually became my husband. I don’t think she’s matched anyone since…but she did a good job on us! :)
Kyla says
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Layla says
MATCH ME! I try to stay away from playing matchmaker, since the one time someone tried this on me was extremely annoying, haha!
Diane Clayton says
match me!! (Please)
:)
erin says
Match me!
After a friend tried to play cupid for me (and failed!) I vowed never to put somebody else through that :)
Madison Lynn says
MATCH ME!
I have tried to play matchmaker. It was a disaster!!!! Never again am I getting in the middle of other peoples relationships :)
Margaret says
MATCH ME! Oh, I’d love to win… we have lots of empty walls in our new house. Never played matchmaker yet… but my husband and I were matched by my friend Candace! It’s our 7-year anniversary this month!
Marina says
Match Me! Me, Me, please!!! (see the hand waving in the air all Horshack on ya) This is pretty darn cool! One of my favorite design sites, besides yours of course :O) is Emma’s design blog, oh my goodness I’d love to use some of those images to see what this baby could do!
Delaney says
Match me!
My friend tried to set me up with one of her guy friends…come to find out…he’s gay!
Mollie says
Match me! I have neve been matched and my husband might protest.
Laurie M. says
Match Me!
I’ve never played matchmaker.
Gillian says
MATCH ME! no matchmaking for or by me.
SK Bryan says
“MATCH ME!” Was introduced on a trip to Jamaica to my husband. We dated long distance for 3 years. Been married 24 yrs.
Mary says
MATCH ME!
I actually just was set up on a blind date this past weekend. It didn’t go so well haha..
Blair says
MATCH ME!
I’ve never been set up, and hopefully never will be. I am getting married in October!
Laura says
Match Me!
Fortunately for me, my friends have never had to play matchmaker for me. I have been with my high school sweetheart for 9 years and married for 2 years in August.
laurac in indy says
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June says
MATCH ME! I have only inadvertently played match-maker… I’m too chicken to do it for real.
Nelli says
Match me!!
I played matchmaker and ended up losing my best friend… some times it takes something so little to find out who your friends really are :(
not a happy story
Daniela says
MATCH ME!
I was once a matchmaker without even trying.. I introduced one of my cousins to one of my friends at a birthday party and they ended up dating for a couple of years
Mara says
MATCH ME!
My best friend actually told my now husband that he shouldn’t mind my then boyfriend and go ahead and pursue me :) I call that matchmaking :)
Lori says
MATCH ME!
I’ve never tried playing matchmaker,and hopefully no one will try playing matchmaker for me!
Katie S. says
MATCH ME!
Nope, never tried and never will! Too much drama can come of that, so I’ll steer clear thankyouverymuch!
Britney says
MATCH ME!
Liz says
MATCH ME! I had just started a new teaching job in the fall of 2008 and made my first teaching friend, a precious single mom. We were talking one day about her Master’s course work and she mentioned her adviser. I asked if she thought he was cute; she said, he was — he was strong, lived on a big farm, loved animals, rode a motorcycle, was bald, but he didn’t love Jesus (one of her requirements). I told her that I had a friend from Atlanta — very dear to us and had just stood up for us in our wedding — who was bald and strong, a veterinarian, wanted a farm and to ride a motorcycle, plus he loves Jesus. Did she want to meet him? She agreed after some good-hearted needling. He drove from ATL to Raleigh, helped us all chaperone a high school homecoming dance, and a couple months into 2009 he left to serve in the military… with her address. They corresponded the entire time he was gone, were engaged in April of 2010, married that July, and will welcome a little girl in August! My one and only matchmaking attempt!
shannon R. says
MATCH ME! My husband and I set up one of his friends and one of my friends up on a date. We did a double date and it turned out to be really fun! They ended up going out on their own that same week and I guess the 2nd date didn’t go well because they never spoke again!
C.C. Almon - my journey as a Christ follower, wife, mamma, and fibromyalgia fighter says
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I don’t remember ever playing matchmaker but my brain is pretty foggy so who knows what I’ve done! LOL!
Kristy says
MATCH ME!
I have never been set up and I have never set anyone else up! :-( Boring I know! But it’s the truth!
Angela says
Match me! Sadly, I’m getting past the point where I know a lot of single people. Wow, that just made me feel old.