However, while plastic tablecloths can provide a sleek look ... ensure you don't have to do the process again; roll (instead of folding) the material when you store your tablecloth.

All had the same essential rule: no cake, no entry. The friends set up in Hellman Hollow with plastic folding tables and crossed fingers that the event would remain relatively intimate.

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