Recently I showed some markers I bought to update my collection, but I’ve also overhauled my pencil kit and bought a new case to store them in.

I’ve got pencils that are 35 years old, Faber Castell, which is why I stuck with the brand, I’ve got second and third sets of FCs and then no-brand pencils. I gave my third set of pencils to mum to use for her colouring books because I haven’t used mine in years. I always stuck to my favourite colours of blue and pink, so used those pencils faster than the others, so needed to keep buying sets to get the same colours, but never quite found the same shades…

This year I decided I needed to give them an overhaul and a new home to house them in, hence, I went in search for a case that fitted 100 or more pencils and found this one….

It’s awesome faux pink leather, a bit smaller than A4 size, and fits 127 pencils across three sections…

I stored my pencils and textas in an op shop bought cosmetic bag and toothbrush container…

I also had a set of pencils in this case which I carried with a sketchpad in my bag. But I had to stop carrying it when 1 – I didn’t use it, and 2 – it made my bag too heavy to carry.

So I searched around my local stores and eBay and found this 60 pack of Faber Castells for $22AUD.

I loaded them up from the outside in, setting them in their correct number sequence and colouring…

I kept adding them until I started on my old ones. You can see which colours I’ve used most over the years…

And it all ends with the odds and sodds, lead pencils, eraser and neon pencils.

Have you guys hung on to something for 30 plus years and have you updated them?