Autumn is thick and leaves are falling. If you look carefully, you will find a lot of beauty. You see, there are many fallen leaves of different colors and shapes in the park and on the ground beside the road: yellow, red, semi-green and semi-yellow ... I chose a camphor tree leaf to take home and prepare to be a veins bookmarks.
Let's get started. I cut the leaves into my favorite shape with small scissors first. Scissors are really naughty and wobbly in my hands. I took a deep breath and completed the task with great enthusiasm. Then wash it with water, take out a pot from the kitchen and pour 200 ml of cold water into it. After boiling, pour a packet of powder in. Lay the leaves flat on them, turn them over when the water turns dark green, and then take them out when the water turns black. This process is really ... slow, and it feels like a century. After a while, the water turned black and there were many bubbles on it. I wanted to reach out and touch it, but my mother stopped me. Mother shouted: "The water has been boiled, so you can't touch it directly with your hands." Thanks to my mother's warning, otherwise my hands would be blistered! I put the leaves on a clean porcelain plate, picked up a soft toothbrush and carefully brushed off the mesophyll. My vein broke when I tried hard, and now I hang my head like a deflated ball. My mother smiled and encouraged me: "success is not achieved overnight, you have to try countless failures." Keep going, my baby. " After listening to my mother, I am full of confidence and motivation.
I am more careful this time. I washed the porcelain dish again, added cold water and repeated the previous operation. Wow! There seems to be a vein! I saw a petiole in the middle, veins on both sides of the petiole, and a thinner vein between the two long veins, and the gap between these veins could not be penetrated by Lian Bi.
Finally, my mother reminded me that I was going to dye it. I put veins bookmarks into the dye vat with chopsticks, and she put on gorgeous clothes. Put it in front of the window to dry, and then use the dryer to dry it slowly. When you come out, cut along the edge, make a hole with a punch, and tie a ribbon or a simple hemp rope. Ok, the vein bookmark is ready!
Making meaningful leaf bookmarks is really an unforgettable experience. I believe you can do it, too. Give it a try!