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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. Jen says

    July 11, 2011 at 3:55 pm

    Match me!

    My best friend from high school played matchmaker and set me and my now husband up 7 years ago

    Reply
  2. cc says

    July 11, 2011 at 3:56 pm

    MATCH ME!

    I never have set people up, probably because the couple of times in college I let someone do that for me, but only after they persisted. In the end, all I could say was that they must not have known me as well as they thought. Disaster!

    Reply
  3. Traci says

    July 11, 2011 at 3:56 pm

    MATCH ME!

    I am trying to play matchmaker right now for one of my best friends…hope it works :)

    Reply
  4. Kate says

    July 11, 2011 at 3:56 pm

    Match me! My husband’s bachelor uncle matched us up, as well as my husband’s parents! At the University of Richmond, no less! Oh, how we miss Richmond…

    Reply
  5. Carolyn says

    July 11, 2011 at 3:56 pm

    MATCH ME!!

    I’ve been set up before…never worked out, but the latest was almost a go, only held off by distance! Oh well…next time?

    Reply
  6. sanam says

    July 11, 2011 at 3:57 pm

    Match me!

    Haven’t played matchmaker, yet…but I probably would if I knew the people would hit it off

    Reply
  7. Jamie says

    July 11, 2011 at 3:57 pm

    Match Me! I have never tried to match anyone up before- probably because I have been on the other end and it was NOT a pleasant experience (though good for laughs).

    Reply
  8. Gannon says

    July 11, 2011 at 3:57 pm

    MATCH ME!

    I’ve tried to play matchmaker, but mostly my friends end up matching themselves successfully!

    Reply
  9. Cara says

    July 11, 2011 at 3:57 pm

    Match Me!
    I have actually never been a match maker!

    Reply
  10. Haley C says

    July 11, 2011 at 3:57 pm

    MATCH ME! I’ve played match maker for a couple of different friends….both of which are now married to their “match” just call me Yente!

    Reply
  11. Heather Nash says

    July 11, 2011 at 3:57 pm

    Match Me!!

    [email protected]

    Reply
  12. Kristen Drinkert says

    July 11, 2011 at 3:57 pm

    MATCH ME!

    Reply
  13. ZuZu says

    July 11, 2011 at 3:57 pm

    MATCH ME!

    Never tried matchmaking, sounds dangerous. ;)

    Reply
  14. Val says

    July 11, 2011 at 3:58 pm

    MATCH ME!

    Oy, I tried playing matchmaker once and it was a colossal failure. I felt so guilty for inflicting that level of awkwardness on two friends! Never again! Some people really do seem to have a knack for it though.

    Reply
  15. kristin says

    July 11, 2011 at 3:58 pm

    MATCH ME!! I constantly dodge my match-making friends when they attempt to fix me up.

    Reply
  16. lauren says

    July 11, 2011 at 3:58 pm

    MATCH ME!!
    I have been matched and it has worked out well so far!

    Reply
  17. Caitlin says

    July 11, 2011 at 3:58 pm

    MATCH ME!
    my co-worker set up myself and my now husband :) now we also have best friends that are dating!

    Reply
  18. L says

    July 11, 2011 at 3:58 pm

    Match me!

    I’ve been so notoriously wrong with the few friends who have asked me for relationship advice (e.g., “Buddy, I’m sorry, but I don’t think this is going anywhere and your last-ditch plan to get her back is not a good idea,” and now they’re happily married with three kids), that I try to stay way, way out of that arena

    Reply
  19. Rachel C says

    July 11, 2011 at 3:58 pm

    Match Me!!!

    Reply
  20. Erin S. says

    July 11, 2011 at 3:59 pm

    MATCH ME! My husband and I played matchmaker during our wedding weekend. It lasted a couple of months between my bridesmaid/friend from high school and my husband’s college roommate, but no success =(

    Reply
  21. Page says

    July 11, 2011 at 3:59 pm

    MATCH ME!

    Reply
  22. samantha owens says

    July 11, 2011 at 3:59 pm

    match maker!!!

    i played it once, just recently! they had great date but they didn’t go any further than that…. which i was glad about bc i realized how uncomfortable it was making me to have my best friend and a co-worker date. close call on that one. never again!

    Reply
  23. Josie says

    July 11, 2011 at 3:59 pm

    MATCH ME!

    I was set up with my husband! So in return, I tried to set up the matchmaker a few times… and that didn’t turn out so well…

    Reply
  24. Nancy says

    July 11, 2011 at 3:59 pm

    MATCH ME!!! Never tried to play matchmaker because anyone who helped match me did such a poor job.

    Reply
  25. Adrian says

    July 11, 2011 at 3:59 pm

    match me!

    Reply
  26. Michelle says

    July 11, 2011 at 3:59 pm

    MATCH ME! I’ve been a good matchmaker in a couple of situations & the others were a flop!

    Reply
  27. Natalie says

    July 11, 2011 at 4:00 pm

    MATCH ME! Unfortunately, I have tried to play matchmaker and it didn’t end in a match. bummer.

    Reply
  28. Leah says

    July 11, 2011 at 4:00 pm

    MATCH ME!

    My friend tried to match me up and it was the worst date EVER!! No more matching (either way) for me!

    Reply
  29. Rachel Holston says

    July 11, 2011 at 4:00 pm

    Match me! I like to pretend I played matchmaker once, but really they were already interested in each other. Oh well, all’s well that ends well!

    Reply
  30. Heather Nash says

    July 11, 2011 at 4:00 pm

    I have never really played matchmaker. Don’t think I would be good at it. I have had people try to match me up…. didn’t go so well.

    [email protected]

    Reply
  31. amanda says

    July 11, 2011 at 4:00 pm

    match me!! I’d love to be a match maker!

    Reply
  32. Jillian says

    July 11, 2011 at 4:00 pm

    Match me! I’ve only tried to play matchmaker once, but it didn’t work out…

    Reply
  33. Rebecca says

    July 11, 2011 at 4:00 pm

    MATCH ME!

    Someone played matchmaker for me. She matched me with my husband :) Two years and counting!

    Reply
  34. Mandi says

    July 11, 2011 at 4:00 pm

    Match me! Fortunately, I’ve never been set up, nor have I tried to set someone else up. I have heard some great horror stories, though.

    Reply
  35. Laura says

    July 11, 2011 at 4:00 pm

    match me!!

    I always try to match people but it always ends in disaster. I should probably stop…

    Reply
  36. Gina says

    July 11, 2011 at 4:00 pm

    MATCH ME!
    I don’t get near match-making! I can’t wait to use Match My Image!!

    Reply
  37. bethany says

    July 11, 2011 at 4:00 pm

    match me!

    i’ve tried, but so far, no dice!

    Reply
  38. Sandy says

    July 11, 2011 at 4:00 pm

    “MATCH ME!”

    Reply
  39. Jen says

    July 11, 2011 at 4:00 pm

    Match me!

    I’ve only tried the informal matchmaker — invite them both to a party but don’t tell them about each other. It worked (for a little while).

    Reply
  40. Sheena says

    July 11, 2011 at 4:00 pm

    MATCH ME!! Me? Matchmaker? Nope.

    Reply
  41. Sherry F says

    July 11, 2011 at 4:01 pm

    MATCH ME!

    My one and only attempt at playing matchmaker was hugely successful. I introduced a classmate to my best friend because I thought they would be perfect for each other and they were! They are now married with a beautiful little girl all thanks to moi. :)

    Reply
  42. Caroline says

    July 11, 2011 at 4:01 pm

    MATCH ME!

    Reply
  43. Tyler says

    July 11, 2011 at 4:01 pm

    Match Me! No match-making for me.

    Reply
  44. catha says

    July 11, 2011 at 4:01 pm

    Match me! I set-up two of my dear friends several years ago. They are married with two kids and still going strong!

    Reply
  45. shoemarnster says

    July 11, 2011 at 4:01 pm

    Match me!

    I have played matchmaker and it worked out very well. I matched the best man in my wedding with a girl that worked for me. That was 15 years ago and they are still married – they even outlasted my marriage!

    Reply
  46. Heidi says

    July 11, 2011 at 4:01 pm

    Match me!

    I met my husband on match.com :)

    Reply
  47. Rebeca says

    July 11, 2011 at 4:02 pm

    “MATCH ME!”

    My husband and I met by two friends “playing” matchmakers!

    Reply
  48. Morgan says

    July 11, 2011 at 4:02 pm

    Match me! My oldest friend played matchmaker for me in high school. It worked out for a while…until I got to college (UVA!)

    Reply
  49. Jermaine D. says

    July 11, 2011 at 4:02 pm

    MATCH ME! I have yet to try my matchmaking skills.

    Reply
  50. Emily says

    July 11, 2011 at 4:02 pm

    MATCH ME!

    My husband and I met at my sister’s wedding after the bride and groom purposefully had us sit together at their rehearsal dinner. I’m all for matchmaking!

    Reply
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