What motifs are you sick of?

[Liz Counsell]

Splats of paint which look as though someone upset the paint pot - hate them. Also faces with no features. But I love, love, love butterflies - may their wings never drop off.

[Scrappy Pat]

Arrows
Birds
Birdcages
Bunting
Butterflies
Chevrons
Clocks & Watches
Cogs
Cupcakes
Doilies
Flags
Flourishes
Hexagons
Moustaches
Owls
Paint splats
Stars
Tickets
Wings

[Scrappy Pat]

Can anyone think of a motif which hasn't been popular-yet- which we could use to start the next trend?

Great idea Hilary!! Just not MA's flies!!

[CraftyPrincess]

Defo fed up of seeing owls now. I think basic motifs like arrows, hearts and stars will always be useful so you can't rule those out.
4Heures37 did a line with a glasses motif, (spectacle kind of glasses) on that were really cute but I couldn't ever think of theme to work them into.

What about light bulbs as the new motif. I could think of lots of 'light' (of my life) or 'bright idea' kind of opportunities to work those into a layout or a card

[fruitysuet]

Nooooooooo butterflies forever! I love them and use them consistently!

I really haven't caught onto the whole mustache thing.

I've got a lot more adaptable with how to use icons in pages over the years (after being on creative teams and having to work with what you're given helps that in a big way) but the mustaches definitely haven't made it onto a page of mine ... yet!

[MaryAnne]

Interesting. I was just planning on getting the hexagon Nesties, as I haven't really used them much at all but like all I have seen with then. But then I has so used to holding off getting something trendy because I am sure it will be not-trendy all too quickly, or get sick of it before I actually buy it, but I suspect hexagons, like circles, will be something I like for a long time

Oh and CUPCAKES - yes, quite sick of them.

[Weaselwise]

My personal turn-off: big 3-d flowers on layouts, like the rolled ones... I can understand them being used on canvases or frames that are meant to be 3-d and out in the open, but not on layouts that (in my mind/opionion) need to be flat(ish) to fit into a page protector in an album - else all that hard work will just get squashed!

[MiniOwner]

mustaches- just don't get em!

Me too!

[Mary Buttons]

new trends to try

Hedgehogs
We've had hearts so how about clubs or spades

[Little Nat]

I love butterflies and will never tire of them.

I never caught on with moustaches, bird cages, steampunk, owls, birds, feathers or clouds. I can take or leave clocks.

Hexagons I found a little too geometric after I spent a fortune on a punch from Ebay...

I like stars but then I have boy, so that works well. I don't think I could catch on the bug motif at all.

[Little Nat]

edited to add...

Arrows
Birds
Birdcages
Bunting
Butterflies
Cameras
Chevrons
Clocks & Watches
[COLOR="rgb(65, 105, 225)"]Clouds[/COLOR]
Cogs
Cupcakes
Doilies
[COLOR="rgb(65, 105, 225)"]Feathers[/COLOR]
Flags
Flourishes
Hexagons
Moustaches
Owls
Paint splats
Stars
Tickets
Wings

[Viv1]

I love butterflies, and hate wings, dunces hats and cupcakes

[misteejay]

I will never tire of cogs, clocks etc. but there are some bits of Steampunk that I just don't "get"

Never been a great lover of birds but love birdcages.

Trees & leaves are things I could never do without but as to a new motif...just can't think of anything that hasn't been around in one shape or form.

[stillcrafting]

I've never liked featureless faces either.

I'm one of those who doesn't worry too much overdone/overused.

ScrappyPat, that's some list. What do you use instead? Inspiration please for more ideas.

[heleno]

I am fed up seeing 'Keep Calm and Carry On....', 'Live, Laugh, Love'....
and things like the big pointy dunces caps and wings on vintage images...