Halloween Rememberings

Here is a little peek at Lylah's Halloween costumes from her first and second Halloween. The top one is a hat and bib my Mom sent for her. She was very cute as a little black cat. The second few are of the costume I had planned for her first Halloween before she was born. i made the whole thing and loved it. It had sweet tulle wings on the back to. I loved the hat the most because I was able to get the antenna to stand up and the little flowers were just right. She was about 5 months old in these.
The third group is from last year. She was almost a year and a half in these. I made her and owl costume by pinning the wings, front, back, and head piece on a brown sweater. She wore her brown shoes and brown leggings with it too. The real topper was the glasses which I thought made the "owl-ish"part. I colored the beak on her nose with a washable marker. (You should click on the one of her sitting on the steps to see it bigger and get the full cuteness of her expression.) It was fun to make and she loved wearing it, but maybe it did not look as much like an owl as I would have wanted. Several people saw her and not one said Owl. They said several other birds: turkey, rooster, chicken...no owl. But she was cute in the suit even if she was not totally recognizable as an owl.
This year I have grandiose Ideas of making her into a Woodland Fairy/Gnome with a mushroom hat. But then I second guess that and think she would be cute as many a different thing. Whatever the case, I have not started and time is a tickin' Help me!!! Any ideas? I am trying to keep clear of "princess anything" since I am sure we have a few years of self chosen princess costumes around the corner.