The Power of Three

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The power of three. If you've taken classes with me, you know that I always say, "Make sure you have three foliages for interest." But today we're using the power of three in form, mass, line and filler plus the foliage. Let me show you how it's done.

For designing, I'm using three of everything. Think back to flower school. Form, line, mass, and filler. The four key elements of design. So I'm going to use three of each plus three foliages. I'm using the OASIS Renewal foam, anchoring it into the bowl with waterproof tape. And as I do this, I think about how I'm going to work. And so as I anchor it, I'm also going to score the corners. Again, think about flower school, the things we teach you that make designing easier.

To begin, starting with three different foliages, I'm going to use two different types of eucalyptus because that coloration is fabulous. So setting that in and some beautiful dusty miller. I know you say, "Oh, can that work in foam?" Yes. If you hydrate it correctly and process it, it does beautifully and holds. So beginning with radiating from that central binding point and bringing in three different foliages to start our power of three.

Three foliages, now three line flowers. I have stock in this beautiful muted hue. Removing the foliage and then giving it a cut and letting it come in. Some of them, a little longer so that you have variation in that placement. Then coming back, some snapdragons, knowing that they're phototropic and geotropic. So adjusting their placement so that they can work with the light. And then lysimachia, bringing that in, and then repeating again, everything following the central binding point with three different line flowers. Then bringing back in the mass flowers, carnations. They just keep our world moving. And golden mustard roses, bringing that in, finding the perfect spot. And lastly, just a bit of lisianthus. Again, a mass flower that gives fullness to the design and then repeating line and mass until it's full and luxurious.

Three foliages, three line flower, and three mass flower. Now coming into the filler. We've got a bit of statice, giving it that little bit of movement. Statice comes in so many great colors now. Then a bit of wax flower, which adds fragrance as well. So we've got fragrance and impact with the filler. And then a bit of calycina, kind of like a heather. And it fills in and can almost mimic a line flower, but we're using it as a filler today. So we've got calycina, wax flower, and a bit of statice to finish it off.

The recipe, everything's in threes, but not three count of the flowers. So three foliages. I used Dusty Miller and then two types of Eucalyptus. With that, I used maybe a quarter of a bunch of each, so not a whole lot. And then the line, I had Lysimachia, Snapdragons, and Stock. I used five stock, three snapdragons, and five lysimachia. Then I moved on to the mass flowers. And I used the Golden Mustard Roses. Used five of those. The Carnations. I used seven of those. And then the Lisianthus, I used three stems that I cut apart. Then moving on to the filler, I used Statice, two stems. Wax Flower, five stems. And then the beautiful Calycina, three stems cut apart. So the power of three, but different numbers based on each item.

I know. I said the power of three, and then I used multiple different counts. But keep going back to the beginning. Three each of line, mass, form, and filler. Basic floral design technology, science, the things you need to know. You'll find more creative inspiration on the website, flowerschool.com. If you have questions, you can reach us through there. But now it's your turn. Find three of everything. Line, mass, form and filler, create a design, and post it on social media. Be sure to #FloralDesignInstitute. That way we all can see what you do as you do something you love with threes.