Staples For Photo Paper and Such for the Wagtime Gallery Wall

I've been putting it off for awhile. I needed photo spray glue and glossy photo paper for my Wagtime gallery wall. The last time I was at the shop - located across from the historic Navy Yards - to hang my digital pet portraits in June, the business card holders disappeared as well as my logo! So since my husband has jury duty tomorrow I thought getting these items today would keep me busy tomorrow during his absence. I could print up the latest batch of pet portraits, create another logo sign for LITDigital Art, print out some business cards, and generally prepare for an update to the wall before the end of the month. So we drove to Staples in Alexandria. The Kodak glossy photo paper was there, but the scotch photo glue wasn't. So I settled on an all purpose spray glue and hope it will work. Unfortunately they didn't have any sort of adhesive business card holder that I could stick to the wall. Then I remembered I got the last ones on Amazon. In the mean time I've been using the putty glue stuff, but that just won't last long. As I'm thinking about it, it is  almost four years since I initially started displaying my portraits at Wagtime. It's a great way to showcase my work, and I have Lisa Schrieber to thank - again! Now I just have to get organized once again, after I walk with or drive my husband over to the courthouse. 

Staples and the Expired Ink and Toner Savings Pass

I rarely print anything anymore. The only exception is for all of my digital art requirements - primarily to print 8x10 "photos," mounted on foam board, of my pet portraits to display in the Wagtime Shop on Capitol Hill across from the Navy Yard. My HP printer needs a constant supply of five different ink cartridges. Usually I get a lot of art supplies on line, but for ink I always go to Staples. It was actually worth my while because I had a 10% savings card specifically for ink. So today we ventured out to Alexandria. I took extra time to find all the products I needed to replenish so the art would hang securely on the wall, since I have another 15 portraits to showcase. Heavy duty Velcro works well, but I have also used that in combination with poster putty. When I got to the check out counter, the cashier told me that the card expired... In May! It's been a while since I got ink, but I had no idea it was a limited time stamp on the thing. Maybe I should start looking around for alternate ink stores. What might you suggest? I don't understand why ink is so expensive. If it wasn't for the need to display the art, I wouldn't need it at all - that goes for all the Kodak paper that seems so "out of date" in the digital age. My Etsy shop works so well because it is truly digital. The completed digital hand painted pet portraits are all "shipped" as a jpeg image attachment to the customer's email address. Too bad I can't do the same for myself!