Cut the Cake

Written by: Melanie James & Tania Hall
  • Summary

  • Welcome to the Cut The Cake Podcast, where we are here to help you navigate the wonderful, yet sometimes overwhelming, world of wedding planning.

    In this podcast you'll go behind the scenes on the wedding industry with us, Melanie and Tania, two wedding-obsessed girls from Melbourne, Australia. With over 20 years of combined experience in the wedding and events industry, we bring you no-nonsense advice, industry secrets, and plenty of laughs along the way.

    Melanie, the coffee-loving, fun-obsessed wedding planner, stylist, and coordinator, will be your go-to for all things weddings. While Tania, the creative director and expert in design, will bring your wedding day vision to life through beautiful stationery and signage.

    Together, we'll tackle hot wedding topics, have informal and fun chats with leading wedding vendors, and share insights and answers to all your burning wedding questions. No BS, just real talk about planning and enjoying your special day.

    So, if you're feeling overwhelmed, elbow deep in a tub of ice cream, and in need of some wedding intel, subscribe to Cut the Cake on your favourited streaming platform. And don't forget to slide into our DMs on Instagram @cutthecakepodcast or email us at hello@cutthecake.com.au with all your burning wedding questions.

    © 2025 Cut the Cake Podcast
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Episodes
  • Short & Sharp Series | Changing Your Surname After Your Wedding
    Jan 27 2025

    Are you planning a wedding in Australia and feeling a little overwhelmed? Or maybe you’re feeling like planning your wedding is becoming a second full time job, and you just wish there was something out there that could help you with short, sharp but more importantly helpful wedding planning tips!

    Well get ready lovers, because our newest season of Cut The Cake which we have dubbed the Short & Sharp Series is made for engaged couples looking for quick, to the point, real talk helpful wedding planning tips!

    We have so much wedding planning intel to share and we know everyone’s time is valuable. So each episode of the Short & Sharp Series will be less than 5 minutes long allowing you to get the valuable wedding planning intel you need and want, fast!

    Listen to a new episode every Tuesday and remember to also follow us on social media @cutthecakepodcast @mellyraincreative and @eventwandererco for extra wedding planning tips throughout 2025.


    About Melanie
    Mellyrain Creative is a wedding planning and styling company and we specialize in designing luxe countryside weddings across regional Victoria. As the head wedding planner and stylist at Mellyrain Creative, her team continues to grow and assist in styling design as well as wedding day coordination and execution of styling set ups at weddings all over Victoria. Prior to weddings Mel worked in sport and entertainment events in Melbourne and she is obsessed with her golden retriever pup Duncan who you’ll see on the gram from time to time. Mel love's to call country Victoria her happy place so when she's not working, you’ll still find me exploring new places, mostly something with mountains as a backdrop.

    instagram.com/mellyraincreative
    Contact Mel: mellyrain.com.au/contact

    About Tania
    Tania is an award nominated, coffee obsessed lover of love, and all round stationery nerd... & that is why she started the Event Wanderer Co. After years wrangling Ballkids at the Australian Open, she stepped into the world of weddings and turned her hand to design, combining a love of stationery with today's modern design and printing techniques to bring her biz baby to life. Tania's speciality is all things stationery and signage and also understanding the stress that event and wedding planning can bring and she's here to help you navigate the chaos of the journey.

    instagram.com/eventwandererco/

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    4 mins
  • Short & Sharp Series | You’re Not the Hosts. You’re the Guests of Honour!
    Jan 20 2025

    Are you planning a wedding in Australia and feeling a little overwhelmed? Or maybe you’re feeling like planning your wedding is becoming a second full time job, and you just wish there was something out there that could help you with short, sharp but more importantly helpful wedding planning tips!

    Well get ready lovers, because our newest season of Cut The Cake which we have dubbed the Short & Sharp Series is made for engaged couples looking for quick, to the point, real talk helpful wedding planning tips!

    We have so much wedding planning intel to share and we know everyone’s time is valuable. So each episode of the Short & Sharp Series will be less than 5 minutes long allowing you to get the valuable wedding planning intel you need and want, fast!

    Listen to a new episode every Tuesday and remember to also follow us on social media @cutthecakepodcast @mellyraincreative and @eventwandererco for extra wedding planning tips throughout 2025.


    About Melanie
    Mellyrain Creative is a wedding planning and styling company and we specialize in designing luxe countryside weddings across regional Victoria. As the head wedding planner and stylist at Mellyrain Creative, her team continues to grow and assist in styling design as well as wedding day coordination and execution of styling set ups at weddings all over Victoria. Prior to weddings Mel worked in sport and entertainment events in Melbourne and she is obsessed with her golden retriever pup Duncan who you’ll see on the gram from time to time. Mel love's to call country Victoria her happy place so when she's not working, you’ll still find me exploring new places, mostly something with mountains as a backdrop.

    instagram.com/mellyraincreative
    Contact Mel: mellyrain.com.au/contact

    About Tania
    Tania is an award nominated, coffee obsessed lover of love, and all round stationery nerd... & that is why she started the Event Wanderer Co. After years wrangling Ballkids at the Australian Open, she stepped into the world of weddings and turned her hand to design, combining a love of stationery with today's modern design and printing techniques to bring her biz baby to life. Tania's speciality is all things stationery and signage and also understanding the stress that event and wedding planning can bring and she's here to help you navigate the chaos of the journey.

    instagram.com/eventwandererco/

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    7 mins
  • Short & Sharp Series | Wedding Day Timeline Suggestions
    Jan 13 2025

    Are you planning a wedding in Australia and feeling a little overwhelmed? Or maybe you’re feeling like planning your wedding is becoming a second full time job, and you just wish there was something out there that could help you with short, sharp but more importantly helpful wedding planning tips!

    Well get ready lovers, because our newest season of Cut The Cake which we have dubbed the Short & Sharp Series is made for engaged couples looking for quick, to the point, real talk helpful wedding planning tips!

    We have so much wedding planning intel to share and we know everyone’s time is valuable. So each episode of the Short & Sharp Series will be less than 5 minutes long allowing you to get the valuable wedding planning intel you need and want, fast!

    Listen to a new episode every Tuesday and remember to also follow us on social media @cutthecakepodcast @mellyraincreative and @eventwandererco for extra wedding planning tips throughout 2025.


    About Melanie
    Mellyrain Creative is a wedding planning and styling company and we specialize in designing luxe countryside weddings across regional Victoria. As the head wedding planner and stylist at Mellyrain Creative, her team continues to grow and assist in styling design as well as wedding day coordination and execution of styling set ups at weddings all over Victoria. Prior to weddings Mel worked in sport and entertainment events in Melbourne and she is obsessed with her golden retriever pup Duncan who you’ll see on the gram from time to time. Mel love's to call country Victoria her happy place so when she's not working, you’ll still find me exploring new places, mostly something with mountains as a backdrop.

    instagram.com/mellyraincreative
    Contact Mel: mellyrain.com.au/contact

    About Tania
    Tania is an award nominated, coffee obsessed lover of love, and all round stationery nerd... & that is why she started the Event Wanderer Co. After years wrangling Ballkids at the Australian Open, she stepped into the world of weddings and turned her hand to design, combining a love of stationery with today's modern design and printing techniques to bring her biz baby to life. Tania's speciality is all things stationery and signage and also understanding the stress that event and wedding planning can bring and she's here to help you navigate the chaos of the journey.

    instagram.com/eventwandererco/

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    13 mins

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