Party Inspiration from Season 5, Episode 8, ‘Somebody That I Used to Know’

Sookie’s parents were attacked on a bridge by a vampire who was drawn to their car by the smell of Sookie’s blood on a Band-Aid.  Let's see if your fellow Trubies can resist the smell of Sookie's bloody Band-Aid or would they kill for it too???

Sookie Band-Aids

Cinnamon Graham Crackers, White Frosting and Red Gel Frosting

Break graham crackers into eight sections. Smear on white frosting of your choice and one drop of red decorator's gel is enough (it runs).

Serve up Strawberry Daquiri's Tara style...hopefully your guests won't end up where Tara's old school mate did...

Strawberry Daquiri

Ingredients

• 5 ounces frozen strawberries
• 1/2 banana
• 1 (6-ounce) can frozen lemonade
• Coconut, banana or pineapple rum, optional
• 2 tablespoons powdered sugar
• About 12 (3 1/2 cups) ice cubes, or as needed
• Up to 1/2 cup fresh orange juice
• Fresh strawberries, for garnish, optional

Directions

In a blender, place the strawberries, banana, and frozen lemonade. Fill the empty lemonade can halfway with rum, if using, and add it to the blender with the sugar and ice. Blend until well combined and slushy. Add the orange juice to thin the mixture if necessary, or more ice cubes to make it thicker.

Divide among 2 or 3 glasses. Garnish with a fresh strawberry and serve.

Shape Shifting Cobra Sam

We found this guy at Spirit Halloween for $12.99. Would be a neat addition to your True Blood decor.

Jesus! Where have you been???

Poor Jesus' severed head just keeps popping up everywhere! Since the very first time we were visited by Jesus' head,  our friend Jenna,  from alexskarsgard.net laid the gauntlet down and challenged us to make something with Jesus' head for our party decor. So with no further ado here you go!

You will need :

Male styrofoam wig head

Flesh toned spray paint

Make-up kit with simple flesh tones and reds in it

Wig

Liquid Latex

Fake Blood

Acrylic Paint

Fake Eyelashes

Thread to sew up mouth

Super Glue

Thin paint brushes

Krylon Crystal Clear Spray (Matte finish)

Directions:

Give your styrofam head two coats of liquid latex and one coat of flesh toned spray paint. Using your makeup kit give your Jesus' face contours and shadowing using different shades of makeup to give your face a more realistic look. Use acrylic paint to paint eyeballs. Apply fake eyelashes with super glue.(These may need to be cut down.) Add wig to your styrofoam head. Use thread to "sew" up mouth which can be glued in strips across the lips of the mouth. You can add fake blood around the neck. Seal painted areas with a coat of Krylon Crystal Clear spray .

If you want to make Jesus' head into a dip bowl for your food table you can hollow the head out the size of your plastic bowl and place bowl inside to pour dip in.

Vampyre Bible

How To Make Your Own Vampyre Bible

We found this great tutorial at Dave Lowe Designs that can be used to make your own Vampyre Bible just like the one seen on True Blood. We swear on Lillith, this is definitely a must have for your True Blood decor!

We have also attached the Vampyre symbol you will need to cut out to decorate your bible below.

The Vampyre Symbol

Border

You can find a similar border online and print it to size for your book. To do the border it would be easier to print the border to the size of your book and glue it down on the cover. Then take fabric puffy paint and trace the design with your fabric paint. Let dry and then continue with the paper towel decoupage.

Season 5 Episode 6 Viewing Party Ideas

Russell's Carnage Cupcakes

Russell's road to recovery has left a pile of body parts scattered all over the place, so this week we have decided to pay homage to all the poor victims that has nursed the King of Mississippi back to health.

Click on the above photo where you will find great instructions on making gum paste body parts to decorate your homemade or store bought cupcakes.

Vampyre Symbol Authority Necklaces

Make your own Authority necklaces using shrink plastic. You can either trace or print out the Vampyre Symbol onto the piece of shrink plastic which can be found at any craft store.

 

 

Tracing

1. If you want the design 1 inch long, draw it 3 inches long. Triple the length because it shrinks to a third of the original size after heating. Place the design under the shrink wrap plastic, and trace the design onto the plastic with a permanent marker. Color the design with gel pens or permanent markers.

2. Cut out the design

3. Place the cutout design on a flat, heat-proof surface. Hold the design in place using a shish kabob skewer as you heat the design with the heat gun. It curls and bends as it shrinks. If you don't have a heat gun, preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Put the design on a cookie sheet and bake until it flattens. Let cool for 10 minutes before moving the design. It hardens as it cools. Attach red teardrop jewel to necklace as seen in the photo above with jewelry glue.

4. Attach bail to your Vampyre symbol with jewelry glue. Run chain through and add clasps. Your necklace is ready to wear.

With an Inkjet Printer

1. Open a drawing program on the computer. Programs like Adobe Photoshop, Corel Paint or Gimp work well for this. Open a picture of the Vampyre symbol. Open a picture by clicking on "File," "Open," "From File." Click on your image and click "Open." 
2. Insert a piece of shrink plastic in the ink jet printer with the rough side facing up. The rough side has texture that holds the color.Click on "File," and "Print." When the print folder comes up, click on "Properties." Find the "Fast Speed" or "Draft" printing feature. Click on it,and print. The image on the computer screen prints on the shrink plastic. 
3.  Cut out the design, and place the design on a flat, heat-proof surface. Hold the design in place using a shish kabob skewer as you heat the design with the heat gun. It curls and bends as it shrinks. If you don't have a heat gun, preheat the oven to 325 degrees. Put the design on a cookie sheet and bake until it flattens. Let cool for 10 minutes before moving the design. It hardens as it cools. Attach red teardrop jewel to necklace as seen in the photo above with jewelry glue.
4.  Attach bail to your Vampyre symbol with jewelry glue. Run chain through and add clasps. Your necklace is ready to wear.

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Season 5 Ep. 5 Viewing Party Ideas

The bar's open, and it's fruity! We found out last night that a drunk Sookie is a fun Sookie so this weeks party ideas are courtesy of the intoxicated, slurring, singing fairy!

Drunken Sookie Karaoke

"If you like drinking Pina Coladas and getting caught in the rain. If you're not into vampires, if they shot half your brain. If you like making love at midnight, and are in a cemetery..."

Have your guests choose their favorite karaoke song to Sookie-fy the lyrics to. Let each guest change up the lyrics True Blood style and perform. You can have a set panel of judges or vote on who's rendition was the ultimate jacked up karaoke song of the night.

The crazy lyrics your guests will come up with should have you rolling on the floor laughing!

If You Like Drinking Pina Coladas....

 

Since Sookie's song of choice was "The Pina Colada Song" aka "Escape" serve up your guests some Pina Coladas to enjoy while watching next weeks True Blood episode.

Pina Colada

Ingredients

• Ice cubes
• 1/2 cup rum
• 1/2 cup coconut cream
• 1/4 cup coconut milk
• 1/4 cup pineapple chunks
• Sliced pineapple, for garnish, optional
• Maraschino cherry, for garnish, optional

Directions

Fill blender halfway with ice cubes. Add rum, coconut cream, coconut milk and pineapple chunks. Puree.

Serve, garnished with a slice of pineapple and maraschino cherry, if desired. 

Sookie's Chocolate Choo Choo

 

Another drink you can serve up to your guests is a Chocolate Choo Choo like Sookie was drinking.

 Chocolate Choo Choo Martini

Ingredients:

2Part(s)Vodka

1Part(s)GodivaChocolate Liqueur

1Part(s)KahluaCoffee Liqueur

Instructions:
Combine ingredients in shaker with ice; serve in chilled martini glasses. Garnish with one Chocolate Kiss.

Tara Special

And for those brave enough to try a Tara Special aka Orange Marzipan which is Amaretto, Triple Sec and Baileys. Not sure of the parts but with Tara we are pretty sure the parts are quite BIG!!! LOL