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Young House Love » Giveaways » Fab Freebie: Matchmaker, Matchmaker

| By John Petersik | July 11, 2011 | 3,653 Comments

Fab Freebie: Matchmaker, Matchmaker

 ***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?

ArtDotComGiveaway

  • 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.

 

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Comments

  1. Melissa says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:42 pm

    MATCH ME!

    I have done it once and never ever doing again. Thankfully they both still speak to me, just not to each other.

    Reply
  2. Blair says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:42 pm

    “MATCH ME!” Everyone always tries to play matchmaker with me, but after several failed attempts, I kindly say no thank you!!!

    Reply
  3. Monica says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:42 pm

    MATCH ME!
    People have tried to play matchmaker with me. Huge failures. I happily found my own guy. So I guess I matched myself.

    Reply
  4. Stacey says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:42 pm

    MATCH ME!

    I’ve played matchmaker on 2 friends, they dated for 3 years and broke up this year. :( Oh well, I tried!

    Reply
  5. Taryn says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:42 pm

    As far as match making goes, I would tell my friends to come sit on my and my husband’s couch. Once they sat on the couch, they would meet a girl/guy and end up married. So maybe my couch did the match-making?

    Reply
  6. BrassyDel says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:42 pm

    MATCH ME!
    And I, also, need to stick to my day job regarding match-making. Or maybe I need to try reversing it? Figure out who is the worst for each other and hook those two up.

    Reply
  7. NancyS says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:42 pm

    MATCH ME! please please please :) What a great tool to go with their fantastic site
    I tried the matchmaker thing years ago with 2 members of my bridal party, they ended up hooking up, but with other people from the bridal party – 1 pair even got hitched :)

    Reply
  8. Kelly says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:43 pm

    Match Me!

    No playing cupid for me!

    Reply
  9. Cassie says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:43 pm

    Match me… I didn’t so much play matchmaker as I encouraged 2 friends to be more than just friends. Worked out great, they’ve been married 3 years and counting :)

    Reply
  10. Rachel says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:43 pm

    MATCH ME! I once got two of my friends together for a high school dance. It wasn’t horrible, but it certainly didn’t go anywhere past that first date.

    Reply
  11. cristina s says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:43 pm

    MATCH ME!

    I’ve never played matchmaker & have never allowed others to “match” me :) Don’t think it’s my forte.

    Reply
  12. Meagan says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:43 pm

    MATCH ME, please!

    A friend of mine set me up with one of her online-dating “catches” over 7 years ago and it led to my SO of 5 years. Aren’t I lucky that she decided to be exclusive with someone else a day before she hung out with him!

    Reply
  13. Chantelle says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:43 pm

    Match Me!
    I tried to play Cupid once. I thought 2 friends would really hit it off. It didn’t work out so well and they both constantly remind me I should stick to my day job.

    Reply
  14. shannon says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:43 pm

    Match me!

    I have a friend that always wants us to set her up with someone, but we never try because I know she’s picky and anyone we knew would not meet all her criteria!

    Reply
  15. KathyG says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:43 pm

    MATCH ME!

    Reply
  16. Christine says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:43 pm

    Match Me! I JUST moved into a new place last weekend, and the walls are in serious need of art.

    Reply
  17. Katherine says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:43 pm

    Match me! I have great intuition about these things, but no-one else seems to agree!

    Reply
  18. OwningSingle says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:44 pm

    MATCH ME! I haven’t tried matchmaking or fallen victim to matchmaking… thank goodness!

    Reply
  19. Amy June says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:44 pm

    MATCH ME!!!

    I’ve tried, and failed, many times. No more matchmaking for me!

    Reply
  20. Amie says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:44 pm

    MATCH ME!

    The only time I have had a matchmaker experience was in high school-my friends always tried to set me up with their boyfriends (or wanna-be boyfriends) shy friends. It was always a no-go. I found my hubby on my own, thank you :)

    Reply
  21. Tanya K says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:44 pm

    MATCH ME, please!

    I set my first cousin up with a close friend, they’ve been married for 8 years and have 4 beautiful children :)

    Reply
  22. Tara says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:44 pm

    MATCH ME! Please.

    I have never played matchmaker but I did play Golde in Fiddler on the Roof, so now I will probably have songs from the musical in my head for the rest of the week.

    Reply
  23. Christine says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:44 pm

    Match Me!

    Reply
  24. Gina says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:44 pm

    MATCH ME!

    My fifth grade teacher was going through the process of becoming a nun but soon quit the program because she fell in love using Match Maker! Weird, right?

    I also credit meeting my husband through a mutual friend who kept telling us that we needed to meet. We almost did, multiple times. Finally, he requested me as a friend on Myspace and claimed that we met before. I of course knew what he was trying to do. Five years later and we are happily married thanks to our dear friend and myspace!

    http://beatbeatheartbeat.com

    Reply
  25. Anna says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:44 pm

    Match me!

    I tried to play matchmaker ONCE and that was more than enough. It was a complete disaster ending with a trip to the hospital.

    Reply
  26. Julie says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:44 pm

    MATCH ME!

    My husband and I met on a blind date, so I guess you could say matchmaking worked well for us!

    Reply
  27. Aron says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:44 pm

    MATCH ME!

    A friend of mine played matchmaker. She matched me up with a friend/co-worker of her boyfriend, thinking that it would be great to have another couple to do things with. They didn’t last but…three years later we are still an item :)

    (P.S. Thank you Jen :)

    Reply
  28. Chelsea says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:44 pm

    Match Me!
    I’ve never tried to play matchmaker, mostly because I’ve always hated when people try to do it for me.

    Reply
  29. Erica says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:44 pm

    MATCH ME!
    I sort of played matchmaker once – didn’t really end up so well. Don’t think I’ll be doing it again. :)

    Reply
  30. Nora says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:44 pm

    MATCH ME!
    I stay away from match making!

    Reply
  31. Alexis says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:44 pm

    MATCH ME!!!!

    Never played matchmaker…Would hate to make someone miserable if it didn’t work out :)

    Reply
  32. Beth B says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:44 pm

    Match Me!!

    Reply
  33. Alissa says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:45 pm

    Match me!

    I’ve never played matchmaker but a few friends did for me and now we are married. :) Granted it was in high school.. but it makes for an even funnier story.

    Reply
  34. Kerry says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:45 pm

    MATCH ME!

    I have set up two different sets of friends, and both sets of friends ended up getting married!

    Reply
  35. crystal says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:45 pm

    MATCH ME!

    Reply
  36. Kate says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:45 pm

    Match Me!

    I have never ever tried to set any friends up. Although friends of mine have hooked up and even married, I had nothing to do with it.

    Reply
  37. andrea marietta says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:45 pm

    Match me! Have yet to play sucessful matchmaker, but my marriage is the product of a friend playing :)

    Reply
  38. Bri says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:45 pm

    MATCH ME!

    I’ve tried a few times with friends and family … still working on it ;-)

    Reply
  39. Jessi says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:45 pm

    MATCH ME!

    and i have attempted to play match maker a few times with my friend christina… and now she’s dating my brother! oops! i think i’ve failed at matchmaking… OR… am i so good that i don’t even have to try?

    hummm… either way i win. because i love them both… so together is all the better! :)

    thanks so much, love the blog, burger and baby!

    Jessi
    [email protected]

    Reply
  40. Ilana says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:45 pm

    Match Me!

    I’ve never played matchmaker, but I’ve watched a lot of Fiddler on the Roof.

    Reply
  41. Angela says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:45 pm

    Match Me! I have never played matchmaker before.

    Reply
  42. Mallory says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:45 pm

    MATCH ME!

    My boyfriend and I tried matchmaking a friend of mine with a friend of his. It was a bust, and now we can’t invite them to any of our gatherings together! We haven’t tried matchmaking since!

    Reply
  43. Sarah says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:45 pm

    I typically don’t like match making. Although my friend tried to set me up with her friend once (which I refused) and then I ended up meeting him on my own and we have been together ever since!

    Reply
  44. KRISTA says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:45 pm

    Match me!!!

    I played match maker in college. I set up 2 couples…for identity sake lets call the Sally, Betty, Tim and Bob. It was a triple date with the 4 of them, my then boy friend and I. I thought Sally and Tim would get along well and Betty and Bob. Boy was I wrong!!! In the end Sally ended up dating Bob, and now they are married. I guess you could say I am a good and bad matchmaker :)

    Reply
  45. Roberta says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:45 pm

    Match me! I’ve never played matchmaker nor has anyone ever tried to match me up. I do love Art.com though, and that’s a very cool service they are offering.

    Reply
  46. Ann says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:45 pm

    MATCH ME!

    Reply
  47. Hannah S says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:46 pm

    MATCH ME! I am in the process of trying to play matchmaker now for 2 friends. Hope it doesn’t turn out to be a disaster

    Reply
  48. NYer says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:46 pm

    MATCH ME!

    A good friend set me up on a blind date once, saying “You’re perfect for each other!” It was so not a match that it made me ask myself “how does she me?!?”

    Reply
  49. Corie says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:46 pm

    Match me! Never tried it!

    Reply
  50. Ruth says

    July 11, 2011 at 2:46 pm

    Match me! This looks really fun to play around with.

    Reply
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