1,663 entries. 16th place. That feels darn good.
“Eat, Pray, Swim” just placed 16th in Spoonflower’s Beachy Boho design challenge, and I’ll be honest — in a field that size, cracking the top 20 is the kind of result that makes you do a perhaps undignified fist pump and then get back to work.
About the Design
“Eat, Pray, Swim” is a dense, maximalist tropical pattern built around an all-over composition of hibiscus blooms, monstera leaves, nautilus shells, and swirling wave motifs, all rendered in a two-tone teal-and-cream palette that feels equal parts vintage Hawaiian print and Polynesian textile. The line work is bold and detailed, with enough surface complexity to reward a second look without overwhelming the eye. It’s the kind of pattern that works just as well on apparel as it does on wallpaper, which is exactly what I set out to design.
The “Beachy Boho” brief was a genuinely fun one to interpret. Boho as a design language lives in that tension between loose and deliberate, organic and ornate — and a tropical theme gave me plenty of material to play with. The result leans more structured than free-form, because that’s where I live as a designer, but the layered motifs give it the relaxed, collected feeling the challenge called for.
Shop the Collection
“Eat, Pray, Swim” in multiple colorway options is available now in the Ro Carr Studio Spoonflower shop as fabric yardage, wallpaper, and home decor. While you’re there, browse the full collection — there’s a lot more where this came from.
