***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.
Aimee says
MATCH ME!
I’ve never tried to play matchmaker and I think I’ll keep it that way. It worries me a little…especially with good friends. Well, I don’t want to make them upset if it doesn’t work!
Lizzy says
Match Me!
I haven’t been a matchmaker, but I have been a matchmakee! And a happy one, to boot. We met in February of 2009 and got married in October of 2010. :)
Kim says
MATCH ME!!
Tried it with my roomate in college. They dated for a few years, but ended up breaking up.
Never tried again!
Kristin says
MATCH ME
Never tried it and never will :) I don’t want to be blamed if it goes terribly wrong
Katherine says
MATCH ME! I’ve never tried to play matchmaker, but in my single days I had people try to play matchmaker with me and it never went well.
Diana T. says
MATCH ME! I love playing matchmaker…only been successful once, but that doesn’t stop me from continuing to try.
Nikki G says
MATCH ME!!
Yup, tried to set up my high school bff w/ my hubby’s college bff. It was amazing at first but then my friend decided she thought he was great friend material, but not boyfriend – poor guy.. Oh well, I tried!
Michele Daggar says
MATCH ME!
I’ve never played matchmaker and I probably never will. The match-me image tool is awesome though!
Danielle G says
Match Me!
Beth W. says
Match me!
I am currently trying to play matchmaker for my little brother (a recent college grad) and match him up with a former student of mine who is going to college in the same town where he lives. Twice now I’ve tried to get them to meet (all three of us going out for drinks when I came down to visit them) and both times it’s fallen through because one of them can’t make it. :( I haven’t given up yet though!
Rachel says
I have tried to play matchmaker and it went horribly wrong. Yet I keep trying!!!
Katie K. says
MATCH ME!
I’ve never had a matchmaking experience, but I’ve always loved the story of how my grandparents got together: my grandfather was in the Airforce, and was home on leave. He had been dating my grandmother’s sister, but when he asked her out, she turned him down (I think she was too busy washing her hair). He didn’t want to waste a night of leave, so he asked out my grandmother instead. She went with him, they dated for his 2 weeks of leave, and got married before he went back. They were together for 62 years!
Pamela says
MATCH ME! I have never made or been put with a match, thank god lol.
Leigh says
First — Match Me! I have matchmaking experiences. The first is matching myself (via a similarly named dating service) to the man of my dreams. I realized I had to match myself as my colleague (and fellow counselor) tried to set me up with a man who I later learned was clinically depressed. Now THAT’S a friend!
Juli says
Match Me!
I have played matchmaker a few times and it went pretty well. :)
Lisa says
MATCH ME!
I have been a match maker before.. successfully and unsuccessfully.. lol. But a friend of mine match me and his bff and we are now getting married in Feb! And we just bought a house with a major case of blank wall-itis so we could really use this giveaway!!
ruth says
match me
I’ve never tried – I’d be horrible at it!
AmyW says
MATCH ME! I have never set anyone up. I have been set up before and well, never again!! Thankfully it never has to happen again….thank you hubby!:)
erin in phx says
MATCH ME
i keep trying to set up my friends with each other, but that stuff is for the birds.
Charlotte says
MATCH ME!!! I’ve never been brave enough to set anyone up.
Karen says
Match ME!
I think about playing matchmaker once in a while, but I’m old enough to know better.
Tashia D says
Match me!
Yes I’ve tried to play matchmaker, but it didn’t really work out, so I gave up on that idea!
Andrea says
MATCH ME! Please
Jaysa says
Match Me!
I’ve never tried to be matchmaker. Somehow I don’t have any single friends.
Claudia says
Match me! In college my friend hooked me up with this guy and we hit it off really well. I figured it would be a fun summer fling, but six years later we’re married and fixing up our 1860’s farm house together!
Jess says
MATCH ME!
My friends played matchmaker for me a few years ago. Not only did I end up dating the fellow in question, but we’re married and expecting our first baby this fall. Talk about a good match! :)
Cheryl says
MATCH ME! I have only played matchmaker once, but on accident. They each asked me if I knew another single person NOT looking for a relationship, just a friend to go do things together. They knew they were right for each other by the second date =)!!
Karen says
Match me!
Twice, the first couple just celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary and the second couple just celebrated their 15th and they have 4 little ones…..I think it was a success, but no more…too much stress for me!
melissa says
Match Me (please!?)
ATLKristen says
MATCH ME! (please:-))
Sarah says
MATCH ME!
I was once matchmaked and although we probably would have hit it off, we were both shy enough that we never made it past the email-to-find-a-time-to-get-together stage. :-(
Lindsay says
MATCH ME!
My husband and I tried to play matchmaker once with some friends and it was an epic disaster – never again.
Connie says
Match Me!
I played matchmaker one time and it ended with a successful marriage and they now have two beautiful children :-)
Kit says
Match me!
And yes, I’ve been the victim of a couple of “they’ll be perfect for you!” match ups. Not a one that was even close.
On one memorable date, the person told me in the first ten minutes that they hated kids (I have two); and that wasn’t even the WORST thing they revealed on that memorable date.\
That said, I thought they’d be a great match for a good friend of mine. I arranged the set up, and they’ve been married for 7 years. With that kind of success – I never tried it again. :)
Lindsay says
Match Me!
Never did try the matchmaking part. I learned early from Jane Austen’s Emma after reading it in high school.
Laura says
Match Me!
I’ve set up a few friends and was set-up with my current boyfriend, and so far it has worked out great!
Jenna says
MATCH ME!
jackie says
MATCH ME!
My friend dated a guy in college and they had broken up a few years previously.
Well, we took a weekend trip down to Foxwoods when we were 22 or 23 and had a bit too much to drink. While intoxicated, my friend got mopey about how her Ex was good to her and she was stupid to break up with him, etc etc. I told her to give him a call and see if he’d come visit. Sure enough, he and a friend drove the 3 hours down the next evening and it went well.
They’ve been married 8 years and have a 3 year old!
Lara says
My husband & I were matched up by a 77 year old woman–we’re still goin’ strong!
Marcia says
MATCH ME
I introduced a guy friend of mine to my then boyfriend. They are still best friends.
Kimberly says
Match me! No matchmaker success here yet!
terra says
MATCH ME! I’m the only married gal at my workplace so I am constantly trying to play matchmaker
Sarah says
MATCH ME!
A couple friends try to take credit for matching me and my husband, but we don’t buy it. :)
Tanya M. says
Match Me!
No matchmaking–I guess I just like such a wide variety of people that I’ve never found two that HAD to be together. I would love the chance, however, to match some Art.com loveliness with my new classroom walls!
Rosy says
Match me!! In September I will celebrate my 2 year anniversary, my husband and I were matched/set up by my Brother in Law, who is apparently a GREAT matchmaker!
lindsay says
Match me!!!
I’ve been matched- the outcome was good, since we’re getting married in October! My attempts at match-making weren’t as successful, though..
Laurel says
MATCH ME!
I’ve never tried to pair people up, and my friends have matched me up a couple times, to no avail. ;)
Marisabel says
MATCH ME!
I’ve never been matched up with anyone thankfully, but now I’m happily married! I’ve never tried to match anyone up either, although I have thought about introducing my brother and my sister to other people.
Blair says
MATCH ME!
I played matchmaker once. They dated for a bit, but it didn’t work out. Oh well!
Liz V. says
Match me!!!
I haven’t been a matchmaker… but I have my husband thanks to some wonderful matchmaking friends… :)