Life of Riley

Perfect Partywear for Every Occasion

It’s hard to believe the festive season is quickly approaching. Celebrations may look different this year, but we still believe in getting dressed up for special occasions! Our AW20 collection fea...

All Treats This Halloween!

There are some spooky decorations arrived in our Party Shop this week, it must mean it's almost Halloween! We may be celebrating Halloween slightly differently this year, less trick-or-treating, bu...

Back to Basics - Smart Wardrobe Staples to Love!

Autumn is finally in full swing, and Winter will be here before we know it!  When the temperature starts to drop, it’s important to have go-to wardrobe staples for layering and keeping cosy. We bel...

Welcome to our Baby Shop!

We have an exciting announcement! We have just launched our brand new ‘Baby Shop’ We have been busy behind the scenes over the past few months, putting together the best edit of the cutest thing...

The Sweetest New Gift Sets For Baby

We are delighted to bring you our fabulous new range of baby gift sets, designed to make that oh-so-wonderful gifting experience for a newborn baby even more special and fun! These days, it's all...

Our Brand New Baby Bedding Collection!

Exciting News! Our brand new Baby Bedding collection has now launched! With many years experience in the baby industry, designing, making and selling baby clothes, we recently adopted our new tag...

Let’s Get Creative – ‘Write your own poetry’

We all know people in difficulty, but I especially feel for my adult son who has recently been diagnosed with severe Autism.  I tell him he just has to put one foot in front of the other, keep calm...

Bank Holiday Weekend Activities

Get ready for the long weekend with our great selection of 'At Home' activities, designed to keep little ones entertained and occupied during days spent at home! Under the 'At Home' section of ou...

Plan An At Home Party!

Let’s Have A Party!How to host an ‘At-Home’ celebration As a small business, we are all about innovation and I feel that these days we are running through the rain dodging raindrops! However, o...

Why we are making and selling fabric face masks for children and adults

What strange and unsettling times we are living through! We are all doing whatever we can to adapt to this ‘new normal’ and wonder how we can come out on the other side, if at all possible, wiser a...

Baking Blog – getting creative with making cakes

We hear that Britain is turning into a nation of bakers as we try to get creative in the kitchen these days. This is a great activity with kids as you can have as much pleasure eating your creatio...

Design With Us – Let’s get creative with our activity pages!

With lots of time at home these days and as light-relief from home-schooling, we have come up with some fun ACTIVITY PAGES and PAPER DOLLS to colour in, cut out and play with using creativity and i...

Staying In Is The New Going Out!

Creating Special Evenings For Your Family At Home! Over the past few weeks our lives have been turned upside down, and families now find themselves quarantined at home for the foreseeable future. ...

Grow Your Own – How To Sow Sweet Pea Seeds!

It all starts with a seed! Whether that is building an award-winning company from scratch, designing and planting a garden (here is my own pride and joy which was just grass only 4 years ago), or ...

Happy International Women’s Day

Happy International Women’s Day   As we celebrate Happy International Women's Day, we speak with Brand Owner, Designer & Managing Director Rachel Riley to find out what female empowerment &am...

Spring Has Sprung

  "No Matter How Long the Winter, Spring is Sure to Follow" We couldn't be more excited for the launch of our Beautiful Spring Collection. Full of vibrant colors, pretty floral's and the most whims...

The Christmas Shop

The Holidays are right around the corner. We thought we would help make this busy time of year a little easier by putting all of your must-haves into one place! Our Christmas shop can be found on o...

No Tricks, All Treats This Halloween!

Pumpkin Surprise! It's all treats this Halloween Week here at Rachel Riley!  Search our website today to find products which are featuring the below pumpkin icon > - add them to your shopping ...

12 Reasons To Shop A ‘Small Business’ Like Ours!

I am often asked what inspired me to set up my business and I am always happy to share the milestones in our twenty-plus year history. So what’s so good about our business? Here are my thoughts ab...

Layering in Style

The change into the Autumn Season, with the falling leaves and crisp air, also means a change in the wardrobe. Suddenly you need tights, long sleeves, sweaters and even a coat! We've together our f...