Hold ’em or Fold ’em

Laurel Leslie set colorful, Western-style tables for a Texas Hold ’em party dinner at her Sonora, California home. She used red and white checked tablecloths, red candles and centerpieces arranged in cowboy boots.

"I stuck dry floral oasis in the boots to hold sprays of wired stars and grass," says Laurel. "Then I added playing cards threaded through plastic forks into the bouquet."

She also found bright paper napkins with a Texas Hold ’em design and made napkin rings from playing cards with holes cut in the centers.