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BASED IN IRWIN, PA
serving the Pittsburgh, PA area
CONTENT CREATOR & PHOTOGRAPHER
What do you do when you’re driving to Georgia for a big family vacation?Stop at Carowinds for a few hours, of course!What do you do when you’re big family vacation in Georgia is over and you have to drive home?Stop at Carowinds for a few hours, of course! Even though we spent just a few...
Wait until you see the nearly 7 foot long dragon Braelynn crocheted in the month of May – what a HUGE project and it turned out ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE! When I think back to the month of May, two things dominate the month: Mother’s Day (yay!) and hosting extended family. We celebrated Mother’s Day in our...
Bites & Pints is one of our FAVORITE events that takes place every summer at Kennywood Park. Every year, the event gets bigger and better and it signals to my brain that it’s officially SUMMER! Bites & Pints kicked off over Memorial Day weekend, but since we had a bunch of extended family in town...
We FINALLY made it onto Georgia Gold Rusher at Six Flags Over Georgia! We don’t have the BEST track-record with Six Flags Over Georgia (see our visit in 2023 and our visit in 2025) but since we were only about 90 minutes away (on a grand extended family vacation in the mountains of Helen, Georgia),...
So, we celebrated Easter at home a week early (on Palm Sunday) since we were traveling over Easter weekend. That means that our home-Easter ended up at the end of my March video – and our traveling-Easter ended up at the beginning of my April video! Needless to say: we sighed a huge sigh of...
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.
I'm so glad you're here!
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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!