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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. Kathryn S says

    July 12, 2011 at 12:39 am

    Match me!

    Never tried to be a matchmaker – I’m lucky I found a match myself as weird as I am!

    Reply
  2. Katie says

    July 12, 2011 at 12:41 am

    MATCH ME!

    I’ve been on both ends of match making-both times were close, but not quite right.

    Reply
  3. Deb says

    July 12, 2011 at 12:46 am

    Match me!

    I’ve never played matchmaker. However, I was once set up by my host mama in Honduras… which always makes for a great story!

    Reply
  4. Amanda says

    July 12, 2011 at 12:54 am

    Match me!

    My grandmother is always trying to play matchmaker. Terrible, terrible idea. She tends to forget about age differences, especially.

    Reply
  5. Rebecca A. says

    July 12, 2011 at 12:55 am

    Match me!

    I’m waiting for my turn to play matchmaker… I have two friends who I think might hit it off. One is newly single so I’m letting plenty of time pass before I try anything.

    Reply
  6. Jessica G says

    July 12, 2011 at 12:58 am

    MATCH ME!

    Less matchmaker…more…”oh wait, you didn’t KNOW you were in love with him? because i did.” the one time i tried to set my best friend up, she thought the guy was great…and then a really popular girl tried to date him…and then somehow he and i ended up dating. no hard feelings from the bff though. that same summer she and i started hanging out with this “super annoying guy” that she ended up marrying…duh. with their first baby girl on the way, i’d say i predicted pretty well! :)

    Reply
  7. Jen says

    July 12, 2011 at 1:00 am

    MATCH ME!

    I’ve never been the matchmaker but at one point my friend tried to match me up with this guy that she was friends with. I didn’t really want to be matched up I was happy single. About 2 weeks later I got a call asking to not be mad at her because she was dating him. Its cool because he could pass as my long lost brother.

    I was the maid of honor at her wedding and she will be the matron of honor at mine

    Reply
  8. JP says

    July 12, 2011 at 1:01 am

    MATCH ME! The only matching I do these days is with fabrics. I was never good at the match making thing.

    Reply
  9. Mitra says

    July 12, 2011 at 1:01 am

    Match Me!

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  10. Pamela says

    July 12, 2011 at 1:05 am

    MATCH ME! I’ve been matched up before, but they need to keep their day jobs. :)

    Reply
  11. Colleen says

    July 12, 2011 at 1:08 am

    Match Me! No matchmaking experience…..

    Reply
  12. Sew says

    July 12, 2011 at 1:10 am

    MATCH ME! Probably best left to the experts, eh?

    Reply
  13. Beth says

    July 12, 2011 at 1:13 am

    MATCH ME!

    I have been set up and it’s never worked out. I do have one co-worker who tries at least twice a year to match me up with someone and she’s used lines like “He’s nothing to look at” or “He lives in his parents’ basement” as if these statements will immediately attract me to this guy. Give me a freaking break!

    Reply
  14. April says

    July 12, 2011 at 1:13 am

    MATCH ME!

    I’m not a matchmaker. But I could really use some artwork!

    Reply
  15. Jenb says

    July 12, 2011 at 1:13 am

    Match Me! My husband and I were set up by my best friend. So I”ve never been a matchmaker, but I was matched!

    Reply
  16. Brenda sacino says

    July 12, 2011 at 1:14 am

    MATCH ME!

    No successful match up stories here, but I’m very happy to have found my perfect match, and we’re expecting our first addition any day now :)

    Reply
  17. Melissa says

    July 12, 2011 at 1:15 am

    MATCH ME! I wanted to hook my friend up with one of my fiance’s friends for our wedding… then she got a boyfriend! Oh well, her boyfriend is awesome too!

    Reply
  18. staceyk says

    July 12, 2011 at 1:18 am

    match me! I don’t really try to be a matchmaker, but I ended up marrying my husband and many others tried matching us up before.

    Reply
  19. Vanessa L says

    July 12, 2011 at 1:20 am

    MATCH ME! I did try to play friend matchmaker once and brought two of my groups of friends together. I was an utter failure that ended with one of my friends eating a paintball that she thought was a gumball. Never made that mistake again. Either of us.

    Reply
  20. Kim says

    July 12, 2011 at 1:20 am

    Match me! Never tried…I don’t think I would be very good at it. I’m sure I had friends that tried to match me up but they had the sense not to tell me about it.

    Reply
  21. Noelle Frye says

    July 12, 2011 at 1:21 am

    MATCH ME!

    I have only played matchmaker once – long story short, the guy I tried to set my friend up with and I have been married for almost twenty years!

    Reply
  22. Yao says

    July 12, 2011 at 1:23 am

    MATCH ME! And I’d actually love it if my friends would play matchmaker for me, since being a single woman in NYC isn’t exactly easy!

    Reply
  23. Coran says

    July 12, 2011 at 1:24 am

    Match me! No match making here…

    Reply
  24. Hannah says

    July 12, 2011 at 1:24 am

    Match me!

    Reply
  25. Kirsten says

    July 12, 2011 at 1:25 am

    MATCH ME!

    I steer far away from playing matchmaker and let fate do its thing.

    Reply
  26. lu mae ro says

    July 12, 2011 at 1:27 am

    Match Me!

    i’ve played matchmaker before…some good and not so good results.

    Reply
  27. Tara Chen says

    July 12, 2011 at 1:30 am

    Match me!

    I’ve never played matchmaker before… I don’t know that I would be any good at it.

    Reply
  28. Vanessa says

    July 12, 2011 at 1:32 am

    Match me! I’ve never been a Matchmaker…yet.

    Reply
  29. Karen R says

    July 12, 2011 at 1:32 am

    MATCH ME!
    I’ve never played Matchmaker ;)

    Reply
  30. Kate H. says

    July 12, 2011 at 1:34 am

    MATCH ME!

    I did play matchmaker once. For my best friend and a guy I worked with. They got married and had a kid. And he turned out to be a sociopath with an even crazier mother. They’re divorced now. I’m glad I could help facilitate such a rewarding relationship.

    Reply
  31. Lexi says

    July 12, 2011 at 1:38 am

    MATCH ME!

    No interest in playing match maker… I’d rather let it happen naturally.

    Reply
  32. Elizabeth says

    July 12, 2011 at 1:40 am

    Match me!:)

    I’ve never been set up.

    Reply
  33. Heidi says

    July 12, 2011 at 1:41 am

    Match Me!

    I match-make all of the time! My life would be so much easier if all of the people I knew were in one place :)

    Reply
  34. Jammie says

    July 12, 2011 at 1:41 am

    MATCH ME!

    I’ve never played matchmaker.

    Reply
  35. rsinha says

    July 12, 2011 at 1:42 am

    Match Me!

    Never tried to play matchmaker

    Reply
  36. Kristi D says

    July 12, 2011 at 1:42 am

    Match Me!

    No matchmaking for me :)

    Reply
  37. Melissa says

    July 12, 2011 at 1:46 am

    MATCH ME! I have never played matchmaker; I’m really not good at that kind of thing.

    Reply
  38. kathy says

    July 12, 2011 at 1:46 am

    Match Me! Love Art.com!! I would play matchmaker for a good friend who’s looking for her soulmate, but I have not yet found anyone suitable! :)

    Reply
  39. Alison says

    July 12, 2011 at 1:46 am

    MATCH ME!

    I didn’t intentionally match these folks, but my best male childhood friend and my husband’s closest female cousin matched themselves together at our wedding, and are still going strong despite being far from each other (he’s in the army) – does that count??:)

    Reply
  40. Analiese says

    July 12, 2011 at 1:50 am

    Match me!

    I played matchmaker once, but I barely knew the guy before I matched him up with my friend. It ended poorly, and even the thought of him annoys me now. Sorry, friend!

    Reply
  41. Katie says

    July 12, 2011 at 1:50 am

    Match Me!

    I met my boyfriend on match.com, so I guess I leave the matchmaking up to the internet! I’ve tried to be a matchmaker for my friends, but no luck so far.

    Reply
  42. Beth says

    July 12, 2011 at 1:56 am

    MATCH ME!

    I’ve never played matchmaker myself, but a friend tried to play matchmaker for me…it wasn’t good. But, I would love to play matchmaker on art.com!

    Reply
  43. Linda says

    July 12, 2011 at 1:58 am

    Match me! I shouldn’t be left to my own devices!

    Reply
  44. Somerset says

    July 12, 2011 at 2:07 am

    Match me! I haven’t played match maker, I’m just not social enough to have friends to match up. I did meet by bf of 5 years online, does that count?

    Reply
  45. Brianna says

    July 12, 2011 at 2:09 am

    MATCH ME!

    My husband and I tried to play matchmaker with two of our friends, it worked for a few years until they split then it was horrible. We have now retired from matchmaking.

    Reply
  46. Jordan says

    July 12, 2011 at 2:10 am

    Match Me! My boyfriend and I have been trying to play matchmakers for our friends… and although they aren’t dating (yet), we still have hope :)

    Reply
  47. Allie C. says

    July 12, 2011 at 2:13 am

    Match me!

    I have tried to play matchmaker a few times with only one epic success…I set up my friends for a prom date and they are still together (with 2 little ones) 10 years later!

    Reply
  48. Jamie says

    July 12, 2011 at 2:18 am

    MATCH ME!

    I have no matchmaker stories and I’m proud and relieved to say so.

    Reply
  49. Liz says

    July 12, 2011 at 2:23 am

    Match Me!

    I don’t think I’ve set anyone up. However, I have a knack for knowing when a couple is right for each other and giving the right amount of encouragement on both sides.

    Reply
  50. Joy says

    July 12, 2011 at 2:25 am

    Match Me!!!

    People always match me up with guys I DO NOT find attractive or who are significantly shorter than me…am I seeing myself accurately?

    Reply
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