Escort cards are often what people first see upon arriving at the reception. "So why not display them in a thoughtful way?" asks Gartin. At her Malibu wedding, she fastened each card onto a brightly colored cocktail umbrella (available at cocktailumbrellas.com and strung them through bamboo. "It can also be fun for guests to find their card hanging from a tree branch or planted in a bed of wheatgrass."