You pick'em -- this time we mean it!

Thank you to everyone who shared their favor preference with us. In the end, we went with the luggage tags. I know it didn't get too many votes, but we think they will still be pretty popular with guests.

We didn't pick the limoncello because of the price of the bottles and because when we counted, we had over 30 people who don't or can't drink. We didn't want to come up with two beverage favors. We plan to bottle the limoncello we have and gift it to people who have helped with the wedding. Also, since my sister isn't around, we don't have access to the discounted vodka we need until a week before the wedding. To make the Limoncello, we'd need to start now.

The trail mix was the overwhelming winner (and one of our favorites), but it turns out it is not as easy to get our hands on it as we thought. Shipping it here would cost a lot. We could maybe find a place out of California or Vancouver to get it but each mix differs and sometimes greatly. We'd want to try the variety out first. If my Uncle can get a US tourist visa, we are going to ask him to bring 6 or 7 bags with him to Seattle. Instead of giving mini bags out as favors, we think we'll put them out on tables and at the bar for guests to snack on. It's likely my uncle won't get to Seattle until a few days before the wedding and it would be too much work to repackage them in such a short amount of time. MIL Joey will be here a week before the wedding and can start on the chex mix then.

Weddingbee Reader December had a great idea of just putting bowls out of both mixes with little bags and twists and having guest help themselves. I really like this idea. I also thought of just having bowls out of the mix at the after party. If we can buy the Sri-Lankan mix in Sri-Lanka and my uncle can bring them with him, each large bag would cost less than $1 and fill 20 smaller bags. But all this would depend on whether my uncle could secure a tourist visa.

The recipe cards were also popular but for some reason we just weren't as into it. Besides, we'd only have one or two family recipes to share as the Lake Union Cafe is catering the event. We're doing a breakfast bar and are thinking of incorporating recipes there. I'll explain this in another post.

The CDs seemed like a lot of work and we'd have to make several versions to insure no family went home with multiple copies of a CD.

Yeah, we didn't like the puzzle much either. Too cheesy for us.

So we're going against the crowd and have decided to give out luggage tags. We found a great deal online. We got 150 luggage tags holders for $85.

We know a lot of you let us know that favors often end up in the trash but we're hoping these will prove to be more useful. We've decided that while all the luggage tags will feature variations of our wedding colors, none of them will refer to the wedding itself. We're personalizing the front and leaving the personal information side blank for guests to fill out. I like this particular favor because I can work on it even when I'm traveling. As people RSVP, I can personalize their luggage tag on the road.

So we're asking for your help again, please let us know which designs you like. I think we're going to go with 5 or 6 designs. Both Mr. Joey and I will select our favorites and the top 3 or 4 designs selected by Weddingbee readers will complete the set. Sorry about the clarity of the pictures. When I turned the pdfs into jpegs, they got a little fuzzy. We also have kids coming, so we'd like to have a choice or two for the little ones.

Which ones should we choose?

a) flowers
b) matroshka
c) dots (I'll fix the dots if this gets selected)

d) luggage

e) ABC text (Daniela Melgar)

f) 9 dots (Lan Vu)

g) Umbrella (it is Seattle after all!)

h) chicks

i) mixed tape

j) raccoon eyes
k) plain text (Justin Cook)

l) none, go back to the InDeisgn drawing board!

P.S.
Please feel free to vote multiple times :)