How to Create a Triangle Flower Arrangement - With a Difference!

Felly welcome back today's video I've got some exciting flowers to work with today These aren't your usual supermarket varieties—they're flowers I've been experimenting with on the Weekend for a wedding and I ordered a few extra flowers to show you here on the YouTube channel Maybe my container gives you a hint about my flower color combination I have blue delphinium some blue orchid and then some white chrysanthemum which are actually quite large and if you've watched this video here which was for Easter you'll know I was concerned about the size of the chrysanthemum blooms in compariso all of my delicate branches from the garden So instead I'm going to use them today in a larger design and I'm also going to incorporate some yellow—the main reason for the yellow is because I have several broken yellow carnations and I'm thinking of working them toward the base of my arrangement to create a little cluster at the bottom Today's mechanics are floral foam and I try to use both foam and wire netting along with any other sustainable methods I believe would benefit you but today I'm going o be using some foam I felt the best way to use foam in this arrangement was to cut a large divide into two thirds then insert a smaller piece of foam at the bottom Now what you have The thing to be careful of with this is that if you're adding water to the bottom it needs to be deep enough so that it touches this block of foam If we're just keeping this piece of foam wet at the bottom then this is going to dry out really quickly so it's a method that's maybe a b controversial you could if you wanted to put a plastic dish in there and then place your foam on top but I'm going to use this method because I'll remember to water it and keep it mois gh level and I would also water it from the top so this section of the foam stays hydrated at all times always at the correct level so remember if you have two layers of foam make sure the water level is always at the right height Once it reaches the higher foam block it won't siphon over from one block to the other So that's my foam and what I'm also going to do is cut this smaller piece of foam down cut it into slivers and insert them along the side to prevent the foam from shifting You could use tape over the top if you wanted to but I always think that's really secure and I've got to remember while I'm working on the design there are two seams one on each side and they should hopefully will stay at the side of the arrangement it's going to look really ugly if it's right at the front So I've positioned my foam so that I'm working with it in the right position let's get started started Now I'm thinking about adding some height at the back I'm going to put the delphinium first I was going to put the salex or the pussy willow first but since that's really tall I'm thinking if I measure the height using my delphiniums first I'll know how tall to make Cut my delphiniums because they were really long and I was just picking the straighter ones Move toward the back and I'm almost creating a column-like effect toward the rear—hopefully just get that into the camera height exactly like that So I've just slightly increased the camera height so you can really see the full height of the arrangement Now delphiniums are hollow so you ca you need to make sure you cut them with sharp scissors and don't crush the bottom as that would compromise the quality of the delphinium and since it's a tall flower we need to go quite deep into the foam so they stay balanced and stable in the arrangement and I've made the first one slightly taller and the next one a bit shorter so we get that really Nice elegant line and then my third one will go shorter again and more toward the center and you'll notice that when I turn this to the side they're very vertical—almost like soldiers standing in a line and they're parallel I haven't spread them out on either side to create tha radial effect and I've used a considerable portion of the floral foam I began at the bac and I've worked my way forward so when we look at it from the side you'll see that I have tha and not a large flat wall at the back We're moving forward to create the arrangeme some depth and then I'm going to use my lovely pieces of twisted hazel—almost called them contorted hazel— For some reason we're going to fit these following almost the same pattern so we have one tall at the back slightly shorter toward the left just sitting in front of each one a piece of the delphinium but I've gone lower with each section and if we look at this you'll notice at I don't have a large amount of floral foam in front of the delphinium so it doesn't allow me o create a large arrangement I need to keep the front style quite compact but that will work out perfectly of course given my carnations are very short Next I think I'm going to add some foliage and these fatsias are going to set the width and I'll group them together so one side we'll have the fatsia and if my son is watching these have come from his garden and I'm going to put them in a There's a group over toward one side not directly on the edge but slightly angled owards the back Do you know what I've gone and done I've gone and placed them right in the fro Let's take those out What I meant to do was position them right here so we have two fatsia here and they're starting to add some width but since I aimed them further back in the arrangement they're also giving me that three-dimensional depth I always talk about and then I'm going to use the shorter stouter denser ones a patch of greenery on the opposite side so that the width is mirrored but the texture of the material is entirely different so that will come over here and then I'm probably I'll need to make a slight adjustment to position it correctly and I'll add a smaller piece just behind it so the pointed edge material aligns properly I'm going to move slightly toward the back but you can see that if you think about the outline it's almost like a triangle—coming down to the sides and then back up oward the top if I had a line that I could draw the outline is very much like a balanced triangle but my placement of flowers within it doesn't follow that triangular shape so a little narcissus These are just amazing—again cut the soft-stemmed flower straight if it's going into foam if not cut it at angle which is generally what everyone is taught—cut everything at angle The problem you'll face is that you'll compromise the stem's integrity at the base and if you're hesitant about pushing it you won't get it into the foam Use the stem end of the narcissi to poke a hole in your foam first and you won't damage it I'll just make a small cluster of them as you're pushing the stem into the foam lt them slightly to one side maybe angle them out a bit—let's see how that works out I don't want to create too much of a triangle but I also don't want it too rigid like a parallel I want a bit of variation between the two so I've angled this one out slightly—now you can see all the heads over there really clearly Now I need to think of something for this side it doesn' eed to be just as tall but we need to almost balance out the shape and I think what I'm going to do is on that side is the chrysanthemum now this one I've got a few of these where the heads have snapped again when I was conditioning them a couple of the heads broke while I was taking them ou Out of the packaging this one is a tiny baby chrysanthemum or a santini chrysanthemum but that one will work nicely slightly lower down on the opposite side so I'm not repeating the size perfectly—we're not creating that matching triangular effect seen on the other side So it's filling in the gap without matching this side and then the top part that snapped off here during conditioning can sit a bit lower—it'll fit nicely this gap at the bottom so for those of you who like the triangular outline but want to create something in a different style this is something that maybe you can work at trying to achieve so it doesn't align on either side but it still maintains a notably formal outline shape so when I The chrysanthemums were somewhat damaged but I kept them because I knew they'd look quite nice grouped together one side of the arrangement so you know don't think about throwing something out just because it's broken—think about how you can reuse it in a creative arrangement to get the best value for your money before I go any further I want to place my chrysanthemum blooms in before I fill in too much space at the fro and since they're quite large flowers I'm going to see if I can get one right up close ere toward the top so I can get it behind that last shorter delphinium and I'm going to adjust it slightly lower this one just a bit so it's not hiding the chrysanthemum quite so much and then with the second one remove the lower greenery because that's looking a bit untidy and then I'm going o fit another one in that gap there so we've got an obvious gap here and that's going to be where my chrysanthemum is and if you're a bit nervous about cutting it cut it too long at first You can always cut it shorter or measure your flower against the foam and snip it a little higher and then hopefully we've got a chrysanthemum that's just the right size to fit into the foam Then we can position it correctly and I'll angle this one forward slightly so that we're starting to create a little bit of depth and then I've created what we call a focal po so the eye bounces back and forth across the frame and then my final large chrysanthemum can come more down toward the front now—this would be a brilliant one to do for church flowers because it's quite large but doesn't have an overwhelming number of blooms—we've Just got some odd stems left over—remember to check the side view to get that profile—and then I'll add some greenery at the bottom to strengthen my overall shape ow I had a piece of eucalyptus that was going to come up toward the back but I'm thinking Maybe it'll be completely hidden behind the delphinium so I'm not going to worry about it Putting it at the back instead I'll cut it short and bring it forward here toward the front just by e side of that large chrysanthemum is helping once more to strengthen the outline and it's lovely bluish gray that blends perfectly with my container so I still have the blue thistle or the I still have some orangium left to add and I also have the carnations but before I put those in I'm going o add a section here for the mimosa and I'm really thrilled that I can get this to grow in the garden and this is all about one of the viewers recommended to me—I've probably I've told you this before in videos from a lady named Sandra who bought a plant exactly like this from Marks and Spencer's and put it in the garden—I couldn't believe her when she said she had mimosa growing in the garden so I went and bought a plant and now I have a lovely shrub in the which is probably around 20 feet tall—could that be an exaggeration I don't think so it's likely 15 to 20 feet tall and one more piece I think is underneath the chrysanthemum bloom and then I think I'm quite Happy with the overall shape so you can probably see there's a triangular form but it's arranged in a more modern style with a bit more dynamic flower placement so my thoughts are in this area Here are my three carnations—if you're buying carnations and the blooms haven't fully opened you can always do this little florist trick: use your finger and thumb to gently open them To open up the top if the calyx is really tight underneath peel back this section here just to get a little bit of movement with the head and then you can sort of fluff it open and what I'm going to do is group them together in this section here—this wasn't what I originally intended I'd planned in my head to place them fairly close to the foam but I think they'll work really nicely right here among my softer greenery so that gives me a small cluster of three carnations which echoes the shape and size on the opposite side but adds variation in texture and then what I'm going to do is finish off with the aryngium or the thistle now a blue color is recessive this is almost going to vanish from the camera and this is a color you really need to avoid if you're filming a church setting flowers because from the back of the church you won't see them at all—the yellows and whites are what we call luminous colors they'll really pop and be visible from quite a distance away but the blue will be completely lost and you'll end up looking as though your floral design has lots of holes and from a distance it's going to loo a bit strange so let's keep going—I'm going to pull one out here to the side and this is what I'm going to do I'm going to mirror this group to the opposite side so it'll move the blue right there come down the middle and we're going to make it through to the other side See it on both sides of the arrangement as well so there's repetition in both color and shape on each side and I'm creating something almost like a symmetrical form but with varying style and placement The flower arrangement isn't symmetrical—hopefully that makes sense Two thistles left to go and then I think I've used up all my flowers I wasn't planning on making this arrangement for Easter but I do have a really pretty Easter sign that I can place just to the side and what I might do is find some Easter accessories and create a little display to photograph so remember to stay o the end so you can see the finished design with a few Easter decorations now all that's e only thing left to do for this arrangement is to fill in the back of the floral foam—I'm also going to bring Add a little bit of greenery on this side here because I think it looks a bit too transparent as if you could see through the design so it'll appear on the side there and then I'm I'm going to do the same thing with a sprig of mimosa up at the back on the opposite side—I happen to have one handy s really nice piece that's going to work beautifully just behind those narcissi and with the I'm going to tuck these small leftover pieces of mimosa at the back so remember You need to keep that foam hydrated— it's the same with all different types of arrangements—and it doesn't hurt to just leave a small section back there for easy access o hydrate in the foam you can easily pour your jug of water into it now I know from experience that placing it quite close to the foam will give the llusion on the camera that there's a good-sized hole in the foam so that's what I'm doing What I'm going to do is photograph it exactly as it is so you can see it and then I'm going to and then I'm going to wire up some blue—oh I forgot what I was going to say now I'm going to wire up some Easter eggs are also present in that gap so you can compare the two different designs and hopefully you'll understand how a dark blue color is very recessive and almost disappears within the background floral design so I didn't plan on doing this arrangement for Easter but I hope you've enjoyed it and seen a different way of creating that very traditional triangle Now I'm hoping You're already subscribed to the channel because it's really important to me to help it grow—we're almost at 20 000 so just hit that subscribe button it doesn't cost anything Hit the notification bell if you want to be alerted every time I upload a new video and please like share and comment—because we truly need others to discover us and others to learn how to arrange flowers for the home or for the church Thank you as ever for watching—we'll see you very soon Bye for now