Well, thanks to my need to pinch pennies on everything I do, we pulled off a baby shower for my son & daughter-in-law without spending a bunch! And thanks to Pinterest, every cheapskate's bible, we did most everything ourselves.
Our shower was sheep-themed. I printed book binding titles that were sheep-related on card stock and wrapped around old books for a display. I made a diaper cake - these are surprisingly easy to make - and used hats, headbands, washcloths and socks rolled into flowers for accents. Then my daughter and I tried our hand at dipping marshmallows into candy melts and then into sprinkles, and they turned out great! We strung a clothesline and hung outfits from it. Instead of a guest book, I cut out onesie shapes with my Cricut Explore and suspended on some string in an empty picture frame with tiny clothespins. One game we played was "The Price Is Right", where guests had to match prices with baby products ( I even managed to record the theme song on my phone for an authentic feel while guests played!) And due to all the chaos that goes with being pregnant, I went ahead and printed thank you cards we handed out to guests as their gift was opened. I made a cute sign from some scrap 1x12 pine. Painted pink, and again, using my Cricut, I cut out letters from vinyl and removed the letters so I was left with a sticky "stencil" and painted the words on. I found some cute vintage sheep pictures and printed them out on tissue paper and decoupaged them on. We also had guests write funny sayings on diapers for those "middle-of-the-night" diaper changes!
And the kids wanted big letters with the baby's name for her room, so I went ahead and purchased and painted them and used for decoration - very cute! I purchased the big letters from Hobby Lobby and painted white, then glued sawtooth hangers on each letter. The name "taylor" I purchased from woodenletters.net for a very reasonable price, and painted pink.
Nearly all the decorations were usable items - diapers, washcloths, outfits, bath products, etc. All in all, I'd say it was a total success!
