***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.
danielle c says
Match Me
I played matchmaker with my friend from gymnastics and my flight instructor in college. Their wedding was this past weekend!
Lauren says
Match Me!!!
We tried to match up two of our friends. They hit it off right away, but after a few dates realized it wasn’t meant to be. :(
Lindsay says
Match me!
I tried to match my cousin with my husband’s best friend…sounded like a good idea at the time…
Emily b says
Match me!
I’ve never played matchmaker nor been matched up (well unless my now-husband tracking me on Facebook counts. Could Facebook be our matchmaker?). I can sing the matchmaker song from ‘fiddler on the roof’ though!
Stacy says
MATCH ME!
My friend and her boyfriend played matchmaker with me by setting me up with his good friend. I thought it was just me, my friend, and her boyfriend going to play putt putt golf one night (let’s just say I didn’t put much effort into getting ready) and when we got there, her boyfriend’s friend met up with us. We went on our first official date about 3 months later and were married about 3 years after that and will celebrate our 5th wedding anniversary this year.
Melissa says
MATCH ME!!!
My friend loves to play matchmaker. She told me about one of her husband’s friends that she thought would be a perfect match. I had heard that one before, but I indulged her anyway and went on a date with him. 14 years later we’re still together, happily married, and settling into our new home. I guess she knew what she was doing, or maybe it was just a fluke. :)
Angie says
MATCH ME!
Several years before I got married, I was matched up with so many people. One month, I went out on five blind dates. In ONE month. That’s a lot of matching…but none were good matches unfortunately.
Phillipw says
Match me!
Niki kelly says
MATCH ME!
My little brother matched me up with my now husband. I resisted at first….but im so glad i eventually gave in. My brother was right he IS a great guy
Chris S. says
MATCH ME!!
Carrie Grome says
Match Me!
I’m currently in the midst of trying to set up my BFF w/ a great guy… Fingers Crossed :-)
Karen says
Match Me!
I played matchmaker once and after it didn’t work out, I decided I would not do it again. :)
emily anne says
Match Me!
I set up two friends and they’ve been married for 8 years!
Chrissy says
MATCH ME!
I tried to play matchmaker twice with a friend of mine but it turned out terribly so I swore I’d never do it again!
Dana says
MATCH ME! Please!
Mel says
Match me!
I matched a friend and co-worker and now they are about to celebrate their one year wedding anniversary in August. They owe me ; )
Emily says
Match Me!!
My husband and I were actually matched by a friend. It was love at first sight and we are going strong at almost 3 years married with a baby girl on the way!
Alissa says
MATCH ME!
I once strongly encouraged a HS friend to ask out a college friend after he had interviewed her for a job and she thought he was cute. She didn’t take the job, but it’s 8 years later and they’re still together (and married now). It’s wonderful when someone you love marries someone else you love!
Kelsey Gardner says
Match Me!
Perfect for my new apartment. And it’s hard to afford cute stuff in college.
Jim says
MATCH ME!
Lauren says
MATCH ME! I’m currently wondering if my sister would be a match with one of my friends, but since they live 2 states away I haven’t really done anything about it yet…
Melissa Peterson says
MATCH ME!
I loathe being matched-up! It’s usually someone waaaaaaaaay too old for my 28-year-old self who just happens to have absolutely nothing in common with me! Oy!
Stephanie says
MATCH ME! I’ve played matchmaker a few times…worked for about 10 months max! So, alas, I will have to stick to my day job as a copywriter :)
Brianne says
MATCH ME!
My boss at the time told me I should date a co-worker, who I didn’t know very well at all. I never really wanted to date a co-worker b/c of the high potential for awkwardness if things didn’t work out. But once I got to know him, I realized we were a perfect match and are now happily married!
Ashley says
Match me! I’m not a great matchmaker, but my BF matched two of our friends and they just moved in together! (Yenta boyfriend for the win!)
Erin says
Match Me!!
Anne says
Match me!
I was an avid matchmaker once apon a time but after several epic fails, I decided it was time to retire! Apparently not one of my strengths!
Shai Marie says
MATCH ME!!!
I’m noo matchmaker but thanks to a colleague of mine I was ‘hooked’ up with his best friend. We hit it off pretty well. We got pregnant four months later lol not even…and were married a year later. We just welcomed our second bundle of joy this April. So….I guess matchmaking has worked in my favor. He is everything that I wanted and needed but never looked for…smile
Meredith M says
Match Me!
Selina says
MATCH ME!
Nope, I haven’t done any matchmaking…nor have I ever been matched up. :)
Tara F. says
Match Me!! I introduced my friend from college to my husband’s brother. They are now happily married with a 9 month old boy.
Kirstin says
MATCH ME! I was successful in giving the little push needed to bring two friends together who were very obviously “in like” with each other. They apparently just needed my big mouth to point it out. They are still together 8 years later!
Aimee says
MATCH ME! No matchmaking for me!
Kelsey says
MATCH ME!
I actually matched my best friend and her now husband! So I guess I have a 100% success rate (1/1, ha!)
Heather Burrows says
MATCH ME!
Ashley says
MATCH ME!
Two of my friends boyfriends lived in a house with a bunch of guys. My girlfriends kept trying to match me up with one of the other roommates. I finally met him and the rest, as they say, is history. Unfortunately, or fortunately rather!, the relationships didn’t work out for my two friends. However, they both agree the reason they date those guys was for me to meet my husband. And they were all in our wedding, after they had broken up. Highly entertaining stuff I tell ya.
On the other hand, I am a horrible matchmaker and don’t have plans to quit my day job any time soon.
Jordan says
MATCH ME!
I try to stay away from matchmaking…I’ve heard too many horror stories! :)
Jody says
Match me! No matchmaking experience for me :)
michelle says
MATCH ME!!!
i matched up a couple college friends…they’ve been married 16 years and have two wonderful boys!
Danielle says
Match Me! My aunt’s new boyrfiend tried to set me up. I didn’t like him so I knew I wasn’t going to like his friend. Thank goodness they broke up!!
Stephanie Klemm says
MATCH ME!
I don’t think I’ve ever played matchmaker. And no one matched me :( But I’m over it because I found my hubby on my own :)
Marlene Garcia says
MATCH ME…
this is going to be a funny one …
a friend of mine planned to set me up with one of his classmates, he came up with an elaborate ruse that involved me spilling my books in front of this boy so he could help me with them and once we made eye contact we would fall in love!
Needless to say it did not work out at all and I ended up looking like a fool but hey now I know not to trust a matchmake haha :)
Lisa H says
MATCH ME!
I am a budding matchmaker, I have some matches in mind but I haven’t set any of them up yet.
Erin says
Match Me!
Never done either!
Laura says
MATCH ME! I’ve only tried it once and it was a bust. Apparently not one of my talents.
Paige says
Match me!
My best friend played matchmaker with me our freshman year of college. “I’ve met the man you’re going to marry,” she said. Well, exactly five years later it turned out she was right!
Amber says
MATCH ME!
angela B. says
Match ME!
After I got married it was such a relief that no one would try to match me up with their son anymore. :) Awww… all the well meaning mothers of the world, I love you.
Brenda says
Match me!
Just barely found your sight a few days ago and I have spent many hours reading archives. Great site with so much useful info!
Oh, and I don’t play matchmaker, there are plenty of others around me who assume that role.
Abby N says
Match me! I suggested to my hubby that we hook my little sister up with the awesome shortstop on our local MiLB team… he shot that idea down real quick.