Happy Valentine's Day everyone. I hope everyone received some lovely gifts and treats today. However, this exact date 1 year ago is also the day my boyfriend packed his bags, left his home town in the Midlands and moved to the North to be with me. He left his friends, family and his whole life behind to help me follow my dream career and I am eternally grateful. Therefore, as a special gift to him, I have taken inspiration from AMY ELIZABETH's Christmas Hamper sets (found on the January archive of my blog) and I gave it a bit of a twist. 

I have gathered up a range of gifts that represent his new life living in Yorkshire. Included in this 'kit' is;

Flat cap - typically worn by most men from Yorkshire
Aagrah curry sauce - a jar of sauce bought from the popular local curry house chain 
Yorkshire tea - brilliant for tea lovers living in hard water areas
Wensleydale cheese and Seabrook crisps - made in Yorkshire
Parkin biscuits - a modern twist on the traditional food 'Yorkshire parkin cake' 
Saltaire blonde ale - a brewery located just up the road and named after its town of origin
'I didn't know that about Yorkshire' book - fun and interesting facts not so commonly known about Yorkshire
'The great Leeds Pub Crawl' book - our local city and where we normally go on nights out. As an extra touch I passed this book around all my friends and got them to write notes in the margin.

Then, I packed it all up into one of my vintage suitcases and laid it out on the table, ready for him to find when he came home from work. As I already had the suitcase to hand, the total cost of the whole gift came to little under £30.

This could be easily adapted for new home gifts if one of your friends is re-locating. Or, if one of your friends is having a birthday and has recently moved far away from home, why not make a kit based around their home town? They will really appreciated the sentiment.

Rather handsome I'd say