In the past there’s been a lot of talk about laser etched/cut moleskine blank books, but it’s come to attention that the PVC outer layer is very toxic when vaporized.
On the other hand, real leather bound journals are great for engraving on and make a great Father’s day gift. This isn’t really a new idea, but it’s great in context of Father’s Day.
I chose an image from “Ernst Haeckel: Kunstformen der Natur” It has fantastic and artfully hand drawn illustrations of various plant and sea life, and better yet, is in public domain. If you have not seen these images it is worth your time. I’ve used the illustrations in many things.
Try a google image search, or you can download the full PDF at following site.
http://caliban.mpiz-koeln.mpg.de/~stueber/haeckel/kunstformen/natur.html
http://images.google.com/images?q=Haeckel+Kunstformen&hl=en&hs=YNS&sa=N&um=1&imgsz=xxlarge