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Cut the Cake
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.
Cut the Cake
The Season That Changed Everything: Trends, Truths & Transformations
In this episode of Cut The Cake, we return after a whirlwind wedding season to share behind-the-scenes stories, reflections, and new developments from our businesses—Mellyrain Creative and Event Wanderer Co.
After a short pause in episodes during peak wedding season, we’re back with fresh updates and an all-new structure designed to deliver even more honest insights and practical advice for couples planning their weddings.
We dive into our personal highlights from the season. Mellyrain Creative was recently featured in Vogue for a styled and coordinated wedding—an exciting moment that sparked a deeper look at the realities and politics of being featured in high-profile publications. Event Wanderer Co also had a dynamic season, focusing on bespoke themed stationery projects and professional print services tailored to both full-service clients and DIY couples looking for elevated, polished results.
Throughout the episode, we explore wedding trends such as the growing popularity of guest personalization, the shift toward niche vendor offerings, and the increased demand for transparency and authenticity in the industry. We’ve also refined our services to reflect our strengths: full-service wedding planning and styling, and thoughtfully curated design-to-print stationery solutions.
We also offer a reminder to couples to dig deeper when evaluating potential vendors, features, and awards—encouraging thoughtful, values-aligned decisions when building their dream day.
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/