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BASED IN IRWIN, PA
serving the Pittsburgh, PA area
CONTENT CREATOR & PHOTOGRAPHER
We have been dreaming of this specific vacation for years. It’s always been in the back of our minds, but we just assumed that the cost of the plane tickets alone would be out of reach. We even looked it up once (quickly & without any research) and the numbers completely turned us away. To...
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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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!
[…] be getting back on track! It’s only taken 2 weeks post-vacation to do so! (when we were in Texas, she wore pull-ups the whole time & got a little lazy, so when we came home & put panties […]
[…] remembers so much. She still talks about flying on an airplane with Nana to go to Texas, she points out the library every time we pass it, remembers going to the park with Daddy […]
[…] – more than ever before. We were gone just about every single weekend from April thru October. Our biggest & most notable trip was to Texas: Derrick, his Mom, Braelynn, & I flew down on our 7th wedding anniversary and spent a week in […]
[…] as I could to just reach and sign my name on the bottom of my image – amazing!! 3. And of course: our trip to Texas was a huge highlight of 2017! We flew down to visit Derrick’s Grandparents, his Aunt & […]
[…] I was cleaning off my iPad, I found the slideshow of images from our trip to Texas 2 years ago. Omigoodness, cue all the tears – Braelynn was SO TINY! We have such wonderful […]
[…] we took a quick trip out to Ohio. Derrick’s Grandma & Aunt who live in Texas (we visited them when we went to Texas 2 years ago) were in Ohio for the weekend for a Memorial Service. Since 2 1/2 hours is much closer than 22 1/2 […]