***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.
Malissa says
Match me! I suppose you could say my best friend acted as a matchmaker – she called me one day (after two years of knowing her) and told me I should go on a date with her brother. Well, we’ve now been married for 8 years and have three little kiddos… so I guess you could say it was successful! :-)
Allison says
MATCH ME! Never tried matchmaker, but there’s still time!
leigh ann says
Match Me!!!
Sarah says
MATCH ME! I’ve actually never been set up … Or set anyone else up.
Becca Li says
MATCH ME!
I have tried to set all of my roommates up and each one has ended horribly. My boyfriend now bans me from playing matchmaker-sad face. On a happy note, after the failed matches my roommates had now ended up in happy relationships that had absolutely nothing to do with me!
Liz Farrar says
MATCH ME.
Alison says
match me!
no match making for me, but my husband has had some success.
alison_c6 at yahoo.com
Amanda Gray says
Match me!…and…
I met my husband on a blind date. Thanks Steph! Six years (married for four) later, and I’m so glad that she talked me into meeting him!!
Sophia says
MATCH ME!
I haven’t gotten to flex those skills yet!
Marcy says
match me!
Emily C says
MATCH ME!
I’ve been matched up by a friend…it was terrible. He was boring and balding, and left me wondering what qualities about him led my friend to think of me?!?
Jennifer S says
MATCH ME!
No matches for me, at least not since college and those didn’t work out so great :P
mary says
MATCH ME!
Emily says
MATCH ME!
My bff and her boyfriend(now husband) played matchmaker a few years ago and I’m marrying my match next year!
Callie says
MATCH ME! I’ve tried to play matchmaker before, but so far no sparks! Will keep trying!
maggie says
Match Me! I think I’m the anti-matchmaker. I tried to keep two of my friends apart in college because the boy was such a player (though I still loved him dearly) and I thought my girlfriend was waaaay to good for him. Thankfully, I failed, and they have been happily married for 7 years with 3 beautiful boys.
Ashley M says
“MATCH ME!”
I tried once to match up my sister and promised her I would never do it again!
kari says
Match me! I tried to play matchmaker for myself and a friend and sent a post card to a guy friend that we were driving through his town on our cross country trip and he should tell all his eligible friends we were coming. He kept the postcard to himself and he and I ended up getting married a few years later…so I’m not sure who was the matchmaker here..him or me..but it all worked out for the best in the end….
Lisa @ Fit in the Midwest says
MATCH ME! Someone else has played matchmaker with me and it did not turn out well!
Callie says
MATCH ME! So far no love connections from my matchmaking attempts but one day it’s bound to happen…
Margaret says
Match me!
Melanie says
MATCH ME!
My husband and I had been match-made for a few years before we started dating. I would like to claim some great matches in my family and friends circle, but other people don’t seem to want to give me the credit. :-)
Emily says
MATCH ME!
I’ve tried to play matchmaker for one of my best friends several times, and every time was a complete and utter disaster. She was finally “matched” by another friend of hers that definitely had the magic-match-touch because she recently married him. No more matchmaking for me! :)
Heidi says
Match Me!!! I was set up by a friend of mine from high school with one of his buddies…the match-man didnt work out but I married the matchmaker instead!
Erin says
MATCH ME!
I had unsuccessfully set up my favorite friend with someone that I eventually dated. He was a friend of a boy I was dating but he was very obviously interested in me on our double date. While it was incredibly awkward at the time, and I chose to dislike him quite passionately for months after. His sense of humor won me over (his friend and I were not a love match and only went on a couple dates)and we were together for a short while after I realized he would make a better friend than boyfriend. My friend had no hard feelings whatsoever! UGH! That was like 15 years ago!
Anna says
Match me! My husband and I set up 2 good friends of ours. They went on a blind date together to our wedding and 2 years later we were sitting at theirs!
Andrea says
MATCH ME!! I’ve never been matched or matched anyone else. I found my hubby on my own. ;)
colleen says
Match me!
My aunt acted as my matchmaker once – even singing the matchmaker song, and it worked out very nicely…we’ve been married 10 years now.
Jessica says
MATCH ME!
I’m trying to get my bridesmaid’s hooked up with the groomsmen! (at least the single ones…) We’ll see how it turns out ;)
ace reporter says
Match Me! I am not experienced in match making – and i am thinking that it’s better that way!
Erin says
MATCH ME! My friend’s mom tried to match me with someone they knew in another state – a med student who wanted to be a missionary doctor? Never even met the guy, and now I’m totally happy with my current husband, so it worked out. :)
Sarah in Indiana says
Match me! My aunt played matchmaker to my husband and me. Despite the fact that we were both very sceptical of her efforts, we were married less than a year later, and we’ll celebrate our 8th wedding anniversary next month.
Megan O says
Match me!!!
I payed matchmaker once with two good friends that were introduced at our wedding. They dated for awhile. He ended up buying a ring, she ended up running for the hills. My husband has banned me from matchmaking ever since.
Tara says
MATCH ME!
Before me and hubs were married we fixed one of his friends up w/one of my friends. Long story short, she called me to pick her up on the side of the road. Apparently she couldn’t stand him any longer and asked to be let out of the car, on the side of the road. That was our 1st and last match making experience!
Kim says
Match Me!
I actually set up one of my best friends with one of my coworkers. They are now married with a bun in the oven! I think I’ll quit while I’m ahead though.
Jay says
MATCH ME! I am in the process of playing matchmaker for a friend right now. Hope it works out…but if not, it’s still fun. :)
Grace says
“MATCH ME!” I’ve never played matchmaker but have had a couple friends offer to set me up. Just not my thing…at least not yet.
Laura says
match ME!!
My hubby and I were set up by our lighting sales people!!
Molly says
MATCH ME!
I’ve never played matchmaker… I can’t say it really appeals to me!
LoriSF says
Match me!
I was set up with a friend’s friend once. It was a fail.
Emily says
MATCH ME! What a great giveaway!
Andi says
Match me!
Bridget says
I set up my close friend from college with my cousin and now…my close friend is also my cousin! My sole attempt at matchmaking led to a happy marriage…hooray! :)
Kim says
Match Me@
I will be sticking to my day job!!!
paul says
MATCH ME!
Janna says
Match Me!
I played matchmaker in highschool with a friend of mine and a friend of my high school boyfriend. My highschool boyfriend and I brokeup (thank God cause I have an amazing husband!!!) but the couple we set up ended up getting married 6 years later and are now having baby #2. So I’m glad it worked out for them:)
Veronica says
Match me! No matching making for me.
Margie says
Match Me!
After my best friend matched me up with my husband (married 42 years), I matched her up with my cousin and they have been happily married now for over 40 years:) So matchmaking worked out pretty well for us:)
Lisa says
MATCH ME!
My friends try to match me up all the time, but are tastes are so opposite its never worth it!
arenda says
Match Me!
I tried to be a matchmaker once… my husband and I set up one of his guys friends with a girl friend of mine. They went on a blind date together. No spark. We’re sticking to our day jobs…