Guides for the parts of a wedding your guests see

Most wedding advice is written for the couple's side of the day: the dress, the venue, the schedule. These guides look at the other side, which is what the evening feels like from a guest's chair and what they end up doing, taking and leaving behind.

Five sets, each starting from a question couples ask while planning.

• Wedding guest book

  Formats for the table by the door, from the classic book to audio, video and a message the couple opens a year later.

• Wedding signs

  Welcome boards, seating displays, the unplugged ceremony request, and the sign with a QR code on the table.

• Guest entertainment

  Reception games, things to put on the table, and photo hunts for the hour nobody plans for.

• Wedding photos

  Shot lists, guest cameras, hashtags, what a photographer's quote is made of, and getting the guests' photos back.

• After the wedding

  Making the album, writing the notes, and the first anniversary, including the paper tradition.