I see a sneaky leaf hopper on the red hornbeam leaf. Its amazing how many different shape of those guys are around. This year for fall I'll try and collect a few then soak them in glycerine and put them into an old book. Works perfectly for preserving the color and flattening them out.
I wondered if anyone would notice the leaf hopper, I saw it when I was posting. I've never tried glycerine. My wife presses some leaves and mostly flowers. She has two panes of glass. Cool way to press and then display.
I've tried a few concoctions for preserving color but the liquid glycerine really works well. You just need a disposable book that can take the wet leaves soaking into the pages lol.
We have lots of random free books. My wife uses them for collages. We have tons of virtually any art supply you can think of ... 🙄
Ha I know what you mean my wife won't let me throw away my old design school supplies, I'm hoping my daughter can tear through them eventually so we can get rid of them.