The package deal gives you everything you will need except stabilizer. A medium-weight tear-away is good to start with but there are times you will want to use a cut-away type stabilizer. The real learning curve is learning the types of stabolizers and when to use which type. You do have the 4" field there but you can personalize those labels by keeping your words to a minimum and centering the lines such as "FOR" on first line (if person's name is more than 4-letters) name on 2nd line, date on 3rd, etc. i have made labels w/ the 4" field and they were fine but I did have to plan ahead and for me centering the lines made for the prettiest labels.