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BASED IN IRWIN, PA
serving the Pittsburgh, PA area
CONTENT CREATOR & PHOTOGRAPHER
I blinked and somehow our sweet boy is suddenly SEVEN years old! Normally, I don’t wait until a kids’ birthDAY to take their birthday photos – I want the day to be fun and full of birthday celebration (not cleaning up their bedroom, moving their furniture around, and taking photos). So, after a busy (but...
Once again, time has done that crazy thing where it seems like it’s going nice and evenly slow, and then all of a sudden it’s been SIX years and TODAY we’re celebrating Leander’s 6th birthday!! Here’s a little update on our sweet boy!(*note: we still don’t have baseboards on our second floor after it’s renovation NINE years...
Once again, time has done that crazy thing where it seems like it’s going nice and evenly slow, and then all of a sudden it’s been 5 years and we’re about to celebrate Leander’s 5th birthday!! Leander’s birthday isn’t until Sunday, but that hasn’t stopped us from celebrating all week – and all this coming...
Last week we celebrated Braelynn’s EIGHTH birthday with a DOG-THEMED birthday party, complete with cupcakes, loads of presents, a piñata, and surprise STREAMERS! Last year, Derrick started a new “Abbey family tradition” – he sets off confetti poppers at every birthday party at a completely random time. Well, after he surprised Leander and me at...
Well, somehow we’ve arrived on the eve of our sweet boy’s FOURTH birthday! I can’t even believe it.I look at these photos I took of him this week and I no longer see a baby or a toddler – but a little boy. And these photos are just proof of the things we’ve been noticing...
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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LOCATION
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!