***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.
Robin E says
MATCH ME!!
def stick to my day job.
Kristen says
MATCH ME!
Samantha says
MATCH ME!!
I actually tried to play matchmaker once. I met my now-husband and thought that he was so sweet, so he should date my sweet best friend (I was not interested in dating at the time). After introducing them, they decided that they were not interested in each other, but my husband kept pursing me anyway. I eventually fell for him and we are happily married, and laugh about that matchmaking fiasco to this day.
NettyC says
Match Me! Yes, I inadvertently matched my yoga teacher with my neighbor years ago. Seven years and two babies later, they are still happily married.
Dara Jarvis says
MATCH ME! I have tried to play matchmaker and set people up, but they never end up going out.
Andrea says
MATCH ME!
I have been matched. Horrendous outcome. I left mid movie becuase I probably would have smacked him otherwise.
Christina says
MATCH ME!
Susan says
MATCH ME!
My newlywed husband and I (who were in fact match-makered-up in a subtle way by my mother) are moving in to a new place soon and have serious white wall syndrome, this would be amazing :)
Love the blog, look at it every day – first comment, I’m excited!
Tiana says
MATCH ME!
MissPinkKate says
MATCH ME! I tried playing matchmaker once and it was a disaster. The guy acted like a total ass and embarrassed me.
Heather W says
MATCH ME!
My best friend matched me up with her boyfriend’s best friend on a blind date. I was so nervous and hoped we would end up at least friends so we could all hang out. Well, thirteen years married and two kids later I would say it worked out pretty good!
Beth says
“MATCH ME”!! I have tried to play matchmaker and I have had other people try to match me up- we should all stick to our day jobs, b/c it never seemed to work out!!
Belen says
MATCH ME! We’re moving this week and we could use some new art!
I’ve played matchmaker several times. And I have 2 couples to prove I’m a good one. One is expecting their first baby, and the other have been together for 5 years now. Should I open a dating site?
Kristen says
Match Me!
Met my husband on match.com ;)
Ames says
Match me!
My roommate matched my husband and I up!
LKG says
MATCH ME!
Jenni says
MATCH ME! I need some art. We have a lot of bare walls in our house! I’ve never played matchmaker or been matched…
Amanda says
MATCH ME…….
……… I stay away from the whole matchmaker thing. Though I have thoughts all the time of ppl i think would be perfect for each other!!
Dana H says
MATCH ME!!
I have never tried to play match maker. It just seems to awkward and forced. I’m glad no one ever tried to do it to me either!! Met my hubby all by chance happenings! :)
Caitlin says
MATCH ME!
Two couples got together as a result of being guests at our wedding – I’m not sure if that’s really considered ‘matchmaking’, but we like to take the credit anyway!
DebInNYC says
PLEASE “MATCH ME” I need some great art!! :)
Shannon says
match me!!!
I am a great match maker! I have set up 3 couples and two of them are still together!
Melissa G. says
Match Me!
Definitely not a good matchmaker, just ask my friends.
Janet says
MATCH ME!
I’m always too afraid to play matchmaker. What if they don’t like each other and things get awkward?
Megan says
MATCH ME!
Everybody I know is already with someone or really hard to match. I know a lot of strange particular people.
angel p says
“Match Me”.
No interesting match-making stories for you unfortunately.
Molly says
MATCH ME!
I recently tried playing matchmaker to my brother … realized it’s awkward playing that role with family…
Margie says
match me!
I try to stay out of peoples love lifes
Josh K. says
MATCH ME!
I was in DC, visiting all my old college friends, when I invited two friends (who didn’t know each other) to my “Josh is visiting!” party and introduced them to each other, then left them to their own devices after a few minutes to get the conversation started.
Fifteen minutes later, they were both half-screaming at each other…which is funny, because neither of them are particularly loud people. It was an epic disaster and a half.
Brittany says
MATCH ME!
My brother-in-law tried to match me up with his friend in college but I married his roommate instead :)
Amanda says
Match Me! I’ve tried to play matchmaker, but I should probably keep my day job. My husband and I were set up by a friend who played matchmaker.
Nancy says
Match me! I have indeed played matchmaker a couple of times. It has always been a disaster.
Sara says
Match me!
I’ve never had the honor of playing matchmaker myself!
Brooke says
Match me! Never tried my hand at matchmaking (for the best:)
natalie says
match me!
i tried to match people up once… initially it seemed to work very well but ended up pretty bad. haven’t tried it since!
Lisa M says
MATCH ME!
Larissa says
MATCH ME! I am always trying to match up friends, but sadly it never seems to work!
Cindy says
MATCH ME! I’ve had pretty good matchmaking luck. No one has ever gotten married, but people I have introduced always like each other and usually ended up dating for quite some time. :)
xo
Jess W. says
Match Me! I’m too scared of any negative outcome to dare match-make for anyone!
Bianca Langford says
MATCH ME! My mother tried to match me to several suitors from our church. I dated the one fella she didn’t care for in the least and we’ve been happily married ever since. :)
Rachel says
MATCH ME!
I’ve played (or tried to play) matchmaker a few times. Most recently, I set up a coworker and a good friend. They dated for a while, and are still good friends. It was fun to see two friends happy–and fun to get the inside scoop from both of them!
Shannon says
MATCH ME! I have never played matchmaker, but my mother has matched up two of my friends with what later became their husbands…weird!
Meggan says
Match me! What a novel concept!!! Never played matchmaker myself, nor have I been the subject. Always thought it too risky to set friends up, chicken I guess!
Jessica says
“MATCH ME!” An internet dating service matched up my husband and me 8 years ago! I think they did a pretty great job. :)
Juli D. says
MATCH ME! I have never dared to play matchmaker.
Kelly says
MATCH ME! I set a (now former)coworker up with my sister-in-law a few years ago. They’re now living up the street from us, married with two kids!
carrie says
MATCH ME!
My husband and I were the product of matchmaking. A coworker/friend thought her boyfriend’s best friend would be perfect for me. We started dating almost 15 years ago…yikes (I’m only 33!)–so I guess she was right.
Yocheved says
Match me!! I’ve tried setting people up with not so awesome results….:(
Dianna says
MATCH ME!
And yes, my husband and I have set up several couple, which were a hit. One couple is on the verge of marriage now!
Renee says
“MATCH ME!”
oh my. i was set up ONE time years ago and it was THE most awkward date ever. never never again. luckily i started dating my husband a month or so later and never had to go through that ordeal again =)