I absolutely love it when I first get my hands on a printed copy of a new Mini Catalog. After checking out the cover for hints of what’s inside, I start going through the pages with new products one by one. I carefully make my “must buy” list and place my order with Stampin’ Up! While I eagerly await my product delivery, I go online to find out what others have ordered. It’s only then that I find out that I totally missed an embellishment that I would have snapped up in a pair of seconds. How did I do that?
With a Mini Catalog, unfortunately, it’s easy. While the Annual catalog has products in different categories neatly grouped together in sections, not so the Mini Catalogs. So, unless you study that Mini like it was for a high school math final exam, you’re likely to miss something the first time around. With this article, I’ll give you some hints about where to look for those sneaky products hiding through the Mini.
Look Carefully at Pages Advertising “Suites”
This is what the first two pages in every “Suite” in the January – April 2023 Stampin’ Up! Mini Catalog. Pages 8 & 9 Show the “Country Floral Lane” suite. Every product in that suite is listed along the right side of the two-page spread. The best way not to miss anything on these pages is to go through this list one by one.
There are product suite pages like this on pages 14-15, 22-23, 30-31, 42-43, 50-51, 58-59 and 68-69.
Look Even More Carefully At The Other Pages
On every other page of the Mini Catalog, you won’t necessarily have that neat line up of products. The first set of pages like that is on pages 12 & 13. Yes, there are a few products that are listed across the bottom of the page. But did you see those “Opaque Adhesive-Backed Gems up there in the middle of the 2-page spread, whose picture is running off the page? If it’s not a “Suite” set of pages, check for those out-of-the way listings. I found other such listings on page 19 (the Dragonfly Trinkets), page 37 (Enamel Dot Essentials) and page 67 (small blending brushes). See if you can spot any that I may have missed!
Take Advantage of the Mini’s Index Pages WITH PICTURES!
At the back of every Mini Catalog these days, there are sections listing all of the products in the Mini in different categories. Look at the “Catalog at a Glance from pages 84 to 87. I particularly pay attention to pages 86 and 87. If there’s something that’s not a major stamp or die set or Designer Series Paper in this catalog, it’s listed here.
You might ask, “If I went through the catalog so well, why do I need this.” I’ve found that, if I come to a page where the suite or other products just don’t appeal to me, no matter how well I’m studying, I managed to just gloss over it. These two pages may well show you something from a suite that you’d definitely use in your crafting even if the whole suite didn’t appeal.
In my case, the “Rain or Shine” suite didn’t particularly appeal to me. But then, on page 87, I saw the “Raindrops” embossing folder from the Rain or Shine suite. I could definitely use that with lots of my other Stampin’ Up! products.
Enjoy Browsing Your New Mini Catalog!
I think now that I’ve written this, I might just go through the catalog once again and see if there’s something else that I missed. I hope you enjoy going through this catalog using my handy tips. If you have questions or need support with placing an order, please email me at: [email protected]
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