You can get a new software program at
www.bowsandclothes.com that is called 'combine design' for $10 that will give you a start. It allows you to bring in letters from a folder to spell names /words, add small designs....and save back to your folder to stitch out as a single design. It only works with .pes and only 4x4, 5x7, and 7x5, but hopefully more sizes will come later. There is a YouTube video to see how it works. I like it a lot for quick merging of letters for names., and I think it is great for newbies to get started. You can write your label and send it right to the machine. I hadn't tho't before about importing a blank label & putting info into it. Hmmm..that is an idea I must try!