A simple and practical shower theme is the recipe shower. Each guest is sent a recipe card in with their invitation. (If you like the ones in the picture, you can find them and more at Pink Bathtub on Etsy.) The guests fill the card out with a favorite recipe, and when they arrive they share the story of that particular dish: why they like it, why they think it suits the bridal couple, who gave it to them ... any little tidbit that will make its special significance clear.
The people at Apartment Therapy suggest that sharing these stories can replace the need for wedding shower games, but if you really like shower games, there are all manner of food-related activities that could go along with this idea.
Here's one: put a pinch of a different spice in each of several small plastic bags. Hand each bag around the circle, along with a felt pen, and have each guest write their name and what they think it is on the outside of the bag. The person who gets the most correct answers wins!
This open-ended shower theme is good for guests who know the bride and groom well, and don't need a whole lot of direction. In their invitation, each guest is assigned a letter of the alphabet, and must bring a gift starting with that letter. You could serve 
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With friends and family scattered across the map and circles of friends growing wider, it's certainly possible to fill more than one guest list for a bridal shower. With the growing trend of bridal shower themes -- stock-the-bar, kitchen, couples, etc -- it's understandable that you may want to cram as much fun as possible into your engagement period. But what does etiquette say about multiple showers and, more importantly, inviting the same people to more than one?
We're stumped. An appalled bride recently wrote, disgusted after her bridal shower, that she couldn't believe the guests kept all the 
Not a garden party, but a garden shower. The first is tea and sandwiches in a gorgeous garden -- the second gives the bride and groom the tools to create their own gorgeous garden. It would be fun to have the shower outdoors, but if that's not feasible, you can maintain the garden feel indoors.
When some of us think "brown", we think "chocolate." If your favorite bride- or groom-to-be is a chocoholic, too, we've found the perfect gift for them!
This is a shower game with a twist of secrecy -- the bride cannot be in on the game, and it's best if most of the guests are left in the dark, too. It's simple, though. As the bride opens her presents, someone discretely writes down her comments, like "Oooh! I've always wanted one of these!" 
When you and your friends were little girls, you probably had sleepovers where you each played with makeup and dolled yourselves up. Using the brightest reds and the most absurd color combinations, you all went home looking like a bunch of ten-year-old clowns. A bridal shower is a great time to relive some of these ridiculous childhood memories.
If you're hosting a shower where the guests don't all know each other already, you may want to kick off the festivities with a game that will get everybody talking to each other to break the ice. One such game is called Guess Who?, and it's great for showers because it can be adapted for most themes.
If you're planning a bridal shower, you're probably going to want to play 
What's in a name?
Dress of the day: Anastasia by Maggie Sottero
Unusual wedding cakes from Dragons and Daffodils
