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BASED IN IRWIN, PA
serving the Pittsburgh, PA area
CONTENT CREATOR & PHOTOGRAPHER
Happy April!Derrick & I were talking about it last night – usually the first few months of the year are so slow (not much traveling, no roller coasters, it’s cold & icky), but for some reason, the first few months of 2022 have flown by. (Is that a sign of us getting old?) Yesterday was...
Braelynn & I were talking this week and she said: “I just don’t understand! Why is it warm one day? And then cold the next? Warm-cold-warm-cold – why can’t it either be winter or summer? Spring is weird.” Amen So, big news of the week: we got an air fryer. I know, I know, we’re...
Well, after we got about 5-6″ of snow last Saturday – it all melted & about 48 hours later, spring arrived! It has been absolutely delightful all week – the kids have been in heaven. It’s so wonderful to be able to shoo them outside once again – they put on their rain boots and...
If you feel like this photo looks familiar – I’ve taken a similar photo before! Here is last year’s version: #342, 2020’s version: #290 and 2018’s version: #192.(WOW my babies are getting so big!!) What a week – another wild-March-Pennsylvania-weather ride! It was warm, then it was cold, then it was snowing! Then it was warm again! Then...
We’re back!Wait, you didn’t realize that we were ever gone?Well, that’s because I didn’t really make our trip too public (sometimes, it’s just fun to keep a secret and not shout out what we’re doing to the whole world, ya know?)Last weekend, Derrick and I went to Universal Studios and Islands of Adventure for the...
Hi! I'm Kara!
Welcome to my blog!
I'm a Pittsburgh-based wedding photographer and wedding content creator with a love for storytelling, both on wedding days and beyond.
I've been part of the wedding industry since 2009, documenting 250+ wedding days and helping couples preserve the moments, big and small, that make their day uniquely theirs.
When I'm not working a wedding, you'll probably find me creating videos for my personal YouTube channel, The Adventuring Abbeys, where my family and I share our love of amusement parks, roller coasters, and travel.
Around here, you'll find wedding inspiration and behind-the-scenes content, family adventures, amusement park visits, travel stories, and a little bit of everyday life.
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Kara Abbey is based in Irwin, Pennsylvania and regularly works in the Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania area, but she has her passport and is available for travel worldwide!