I went back and forth on when to share this post.  You see it is my belief that your system should start with kits and designers and progress from there in levels. 

When I organized my supplies, I spent about a month of 15 minute segments here and there keywording the kits and digital designers for all my supplies.  When I was done with that, I needed a break! 

  In the spirit of making things easier for you all, I am going to jump ahead in the curriculum and share my entire Scrapbooking keyword list.  In doing so, I need to jump ahead and also share how I made my keyword list and why things are the way they are so you can start on your keyword list and decide if my keyword list will be of any benefit to you!

The first thing you need to do is go back to your pre-class assignment of what inspires you to scrapbook.  This list is your jumping point for filling out a workflow map with items that inspire you and how your mind works when it comes to scrapbooking.  From that process map you will be able to decide what keywords you want to create.  Here is what my process map looks like:

Not surprisingly, photos are my main reason for scrapbooking and the items going from them are all the things I go to in my workflow.  From that workflow I get the keyword list you see in this post.

Just so you know, these keyword lists break down into even more detailed items nested in each group, but this gives you an idea of what I use most.

The numbers are to delineate what is most important to me in order of keywording.  My first priority is the designer/kit keywording.  The next is color because color is a major source of inspiration for me.  And it goes down the list.

Another thing you all should know – I am pretty sure this keyword list will be refined over time.  That is perfectly ok because you want your keyword list to be a living list of items you want to track.  Your keyword basically sets the boundaries for how you want to see things.  It isn’t set in stone, it is for convenience in your workflow.  So don’t get hung up on the details.  Make a keyword list that works for you – not what’s popular – or what everyone else doing. 

Do yourself a favor and set your keywords up to support your personal workflow and how you think.  This is the only way your system will truly work – I know from experience!

So your assignments for this week (you can choose the order you will do them in):

• Keyword your supplies with Designer and kit keywords
• Fill out your ProcessMap with items from your PreClass Inspiration List
• Figure out the order of importance for the items you want to keyword and number them accordingly in your Lightroom keyword list.
• Import Kayla’s keyword list (only if it will be helpful to you) and make changes for your workflow.

Downloads:  LFMK Process Map, Kayla’s Scrapbooking Keywords

So you now need to know how to deal with keyword lists, right?  Here’s your video: