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BASED IN IRWIN, PA
serving the Pittsburgh, PA area
CONTENT CREATOR & PHOTOGRAPHER
Well – somehow we’ve arrived at (and now passed) our sweet girl’s 9th birthday! (It hardly seems real!) While Braelynn’s birthDAY was on Thursday – we gathered everyone (well, as many as we could!) together on Friday for a DONUT themed birthday party! Even though we were missing about half of our normal party “attendees”...
TODAY my sweet girl turns 9 years old!And I can’t even wrap my head around it.But then, this sweet blondie walks up and wraps her arms around me – and somehow, I can rest my chin right on top of her head (she’s getting SO tall!) I have so many things I could say about...
Every year, for the kid’s “half-birthdays”, I take them out & do some fun (typically “themed”) portraits of them. With Braelynn being born in January and Leander born in December, I knew that we would never be able to do “fun”, warm and glowy, outdoor “birthday” portraits – so I have simply compromised with “half-birthday”...
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...
Look at my big girl! Today is the eve of her EIGHTH birthday – and I’m not sure what it is about 8, but this one feels BIG to me. I’ve been struggling to wrap my brain around the fact that my sweet little baby is turning 8, but I just can’t do it. Eight...
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!