Since everything is getting hand made at this bridal shower, why not decorate with the whimsy of home made crafts? Here are some suggestions for decorations that display your creativity - which is the theme, after all!

Home Made Shower Luminaries

Line the sidewalk to your house or apartment with home made luminaries. Here's how you do it.

Materials
Paper Bags
Awl, scissors, hole puncher
Votive or tealight candles
Sand, gravel, or potting soil

First, purchase a package of white or brown paper lunch bags (or any color you want, really, party stores carry every color under the sun). Then, gather together materials to make patterns in the paper bags- awls, scissors, hole punchers, etc. You can create a design on a separate sheet of paper, making a luminary template to draw on each bag. Or each bag can be totally different, with the names of the bride and groom, their wedding date, or other wedding-ish themes punched or cut into the bag.

After cutting or punching the pattern into each bag, fill each bag with gravel or sand to weight the luminary. Gently place one votive into the bottom of each bag, and line your sidewalk with them. Right before the shower begins, light the luminaries, making a lighted path straight to the door.

Make Your Own Placecard

At this craft nite shower, have each guest make their own placecard for the table. Provide a table with materials: construction paper, paper plates, doilies, flowers, ribbons, pipe cleaners, whatever you choose. When guests begin to arrive, have them go to the craft table and create their placecard holder. Then have them choose a place to sit, and mark it with their creation. If you want to make a game out of it, let the bride choose the "best" one - whether it be the most creative, the funniest, the one that used the most stuff - and award that guest a prize.

Sewing Kit Centerpieces

Since you will be using crafting materials later on in the shower when you make the wedding favors, why not have baskets of supplies that are also centerpieces? Make craft baskets from wicker baskets, sewing baskets, or other decorative containers. Fill each basket with tissue papers in the bride's colors or pretty linen napkins or place mats (which can also be given to the bride). Then pile the crafting materials you will be using to make your favors (glue guns, scissors, bolts of fabric, bolts of ribbon) into the baskets for adorable centerpieces that go along with your "Craft Nite" Theme.