Mood Board Monday #30 – True Blood
Monday, August 30th, 2010
Posted in Design Concepts
If, like me, you’re a bit of a True Blood fan you’ll have probably heard the news last week that Anna Saquin and Stephen Moyer (aka Sookie Stackhouse and Bill Compton) tied the knot in a private ceremony on a beach in Malibu. So today’s board is a sexy and sultry offering inspired by the hit vampire TV series – I’ll be honest, you do need to be a bit daring for this one!
Any of you that watch True Blood will know that it isn’t for the squeamish or prudish (I wouldn’t advise watching it during dinner!), but for this wedding I wanted to create something modern and stylish, rather than gory and shocking. Black and red are obvious choices for the colour scheme, but I’ve also blended in a deep purple to soften the contrast between these colours and add another dimension to the design.
I envisage this wedding taking place in the city, in an underground vault with bare brick walls – maybe somewhere like London’s Vinopolis. After all, everyone knows vampires can’t come out in daylight! Lighting, therefore, is a key component of the design, and I imagine the room to be washed in red light, with hundreds of tea lights and candles used throughout the space to create a soft and romantic ambience.
The decor is also really important for this design, and I would use large symmetrical flower arrangements for eye-catching focal points, whilst all of the table linen would be black, with red wine goblets providing a striking contrast without being overpowering. Guests would be treated to ‘themed’ cocktails, such as Bloody Marys, and I just love the idea of serving red velvet wedding cake for dessert and leaving miniature bottles of “Tru-Blood” red wine as favours.
Photo Credits:
Table number and place setting: Pure:Photography via The Wedding Chicks
Wedding gown: Jenny Packham
Bouquet: Silvana di Franco via Project Wedding
Bill and Sookie: Photo Bucket
Red lit room: Beautiful Blooms via Brides
Candles: Courtenay Lambert via Style Me Pretty
Cocktails: The Knot
Bridesmaid dress: Jim Hjelm Occasions
Shoe: Christian Louboutin
Cake: Meg Perotti via Style Me Pretty
