***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.
Jackie says
MATCH ME!
Nope, I’ve never actually played matchmaker, except in my head! Never had anyone match me up either.
Megan Proctor says
Match Me!
My ex boyfriend and I decided to hook up a mutual friend and his cousin in high school so we would have people to double date with. My ex and I didn’t work out but our friends got married 2 years ago after 2 years of dating!
Jessica says
Match Me!! I’ve never played matchmaker with anyone but my best match was made in my husband! Our co-ed fraternity was where we met. I discovered YHL when we bought out first house and i needed to know how to paint wood paneling. So not only are he and I a match but we and YHL are too!! Thanks for the help!
Jaimi says
MATCH ME!
While I am no matchmaker, I sure was matched…my husband and I have been married for 5 1/2 years and have a beautiful little girl.
Dylan says
MATCH ME!
So far, no horrible matchmaking stories.
Laura says
MATCH ME! I stay away from matchmaking in real life, though I do my share in my imagination. :) My friends thank me.
Susanna B. says
MATCH Me!!!! Please!
Lisa says
Match me!
I matched up two friends and they moved in together after only a few months and have been very happy. But I might not tempt fate by trying again!
Ruth B says
I am playing matchmaker right now with one of my girlfriends, and my husband’s good friend. They went out about 5 years ago due to me setting them up. Nothing happened, and then they got matched up on a dating website! I couldn’t believe it, so I made them go out with each other again and they had fun this time around. They’ve been out 3-4 times since. So hoping it works out!
Jessica says
MATCH ME! Technically, someone else has matched me up since I met my husband on eharmony. :)
marymary says
MATCH ME! I’ve never played matchmaker that I recall. But we have serious, serious naked wall syndrome over here.
samanthasue says
match me!! I did play matchmaker in highschool once, My best friend, and my younger brothers best friend. Today they are happily married, 10+ years. She’s happy to have a foxy younger firefighter husband. Who wouldn’t be?
Kristin F says
Match Me!
I have a mismash in my LR and DR that is screaming for some new artwork. But alas, I lost my job and am now in grad school so no new artwork on the horizon…unless????
Shannon McNary says
MATCH ME–never matched before. Too much responsibility!
Stacey says
Match me! I have tried several times to play matchmaker for friends and it never works. I did unknowingly act as a matchmaker for my brother- he is now married to my college roommate!
Denise says
Match Me!!! No match-making for me, just pretty wall art please!
Karen says
MATCH ME!
My friends are constantly playing matchmaker for me. Please make them stop!!!
Laurel Freesen says
Match me!
I have never tried to play matchmaker or been set up on a blind date, but I do have to admit that the movie Emma is adorable, even if the titular character pretty much fails on all levels of being a matchmaker :)
Stephanie says
MATCH ME! I have never played match maker. All of my friends got hitched so early that there was never anyone that needed to be set up!
Lauren says
MATCH ME!! My best friend was not happy with who I was dating in college…so she set me up with my now-husband. Guess she knew what I needed even more than I did :)
Sophia says
MATCH ME!
Matched my Mom and her now husband!
LOVE LOVE LOVE your blog! :)
Sarah says
MATCH ME! I am the world’s worst matchmaker. I’ve given up all hope in my abilities.
Jennifer W. says
Match Me! I definitely enjoy playing match maker and so far so good, but my sister is the best…she matched me and my husband!!
Marlenda says
“MATCH ME!”
I’ve introduced many of my friends to each other, with mixed results!
Shelly says
MATCH ME!
My roommate thought I would get along well with one of her boyfriend’s friends. We all met up at a pool party one day last summer and it turns out he had the maturity level of a 6 year old and turned EVERYTHING I said into a sexual innuendo within the first 10 minutes of our “conversation”. I politely excused myself from the party after he wouldn’t stop following me around and talking about what a great rear-end I had.
I certainly let me EX-roommate know to keep her day job and never again attempt to match ANYONE up EVER AGAIN!!
the cape on the corner says
match me, please! i successfully matched 2 friends in high school who needed prom dates. they were together til we graduated, and who knows now. maybe they’re married!
Jonesy says
MATCH ME!
i have never played matchmaker, but was set up with someone for a double date in high school. it was horrible. we went to see “that thing you do” which, apparently, no one else but me liked and at one point my date called me a racist (both of us being black mind you).
never. again. lol
George says
Match Me!
My wife and I were guests of the same family for a horse race. After I met my wife-to-be, I let slip to my friend that I thought his sister’s friend was cute. Unbeknownst to me, he informed his sister, who informed her friend. The next day, at the race, we got to know each other, and have been together since.
That was in 2005. We’ve been married for 2.5 years now.
Kelly K. says
Match me!
No matchmaking for me, but others tried to match me up with other people. It didn’t work. Luckily, I met my husband on my own!
Lauren S says
Match me! I’ve never been a matchmaker but would love to set up my hubby’s friend so we can double date!
Erica Houle says
Match me!
tell us if you’ve ever tried playing matchmaker? Yes, I tried to set up my male best friend with a close female friend.
Or has someone else tried to match you up? Yes, once a friend tried to set me up with a guy named Eric… Just because his name was Eric…
How did it all work out? The couple I set up dated for 2 years, but eventually broke up… So, I’d say I did ok-ish. The date with Eric and Erica was a once only phenomenon… Apparently, having similar names is not as important as having similar interests… Who knew!
Was it amazing? Or should you (or your would-be matchmaker) stick to their day job? I might try it again some day… I hope she does not!
Leslie W. says
Match me!
Terri says
MATCH ME!
Ashley says
Match me!
Given the opportunity, I would love to play matchmaker!
Caitlin says
Match me!
I did play matchmaker a few months ago… a friend asked if
i knew any single ladies, so I introduced him to my girlfriend (who he had never met).
It didn’t work out, of course… SO, ladies… would you like to meet a quiet, sweet, history buff architect? HMMMM???
Cara says
Match me!!
A friend of mine once set me up with a guy from her church. The guy came to pick me up for our date in his truck. He had a decal in the rear window behind his seat with his name, and a decal behind the passenger’s seat with his ex-girlfriend’s name. He spent the whole night talking about her. I didn’t let my friend set me up again!
jessica s says
match me!!!
matchmaking has never ever worked out for me. People just don’t listen :)
Jan C. says
MATCH ME!
I’ve never played matchmaker. I’d like to, because my SIL needs to find a good man, and my husband and I just cannot think of anyone who’d be a probably for her!
Gretchen says
MATCH ME!
No, I’ve never played matchmaker
Christine says
Match me!
Never, because I saw how badly it worked out for other people.
duck-billed placelot says
Match Me!
All matches I have been a party to ended in flames. Yenta is not my best look.
Nicole says
MATCH ME!
I should not be trusted to match people. I can’t match socks!
tiffany a says
MATCH ME… I am always playing matchmaker. With all of my friends, I am constantly wanting to get my friends together!
stephanie says
“MATCH ME”
played matchmaker a few times…..none of them stuck.
oh well….not meant to be : )
stephanie says
match me!!
never played matchmaker…think i would do a terrible job. :/
Jennifer says
MATCH ME!
The closest I came to matchmaking was pushing a friend to go to this party he kept talking about “maybe going to.” He ended up meeting a girl there, coming home and gushing about her (while thanking me profusely for encouraging him to go)…a few years later and she is his wife. :)
Carter says
Match me!
Karen says
Match me!!
I haven’t ever really been match or played matchmaker. Maybe I need to chat with the girl’s friend who has had 27 successes!
kwreed says
MATCH ME!
Lara Rassette says
Match Me! I have never been a matchmaker, too nervous to do that for anyone!