A Deck of One's Own

Schedule

Sat Oct 24 2026 at 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-05:00
Location

315 5th St, Suite 100, West Des Moines, IA, United States, Iowa 50265 | West Des Moines, IA

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Seventy-eight blank cards. Your markers. Your rules. ​
For our third annual spooky season craft night, you'll color your own full tarot deck kit. Each kit comes as a black-and-white 78-card deck, ready for you to work your creative magic in any manner you want. You'll leave with a deck that's entirely yours. ​
You don't need any tarot experience. The kit teaches you as you go. ​
We'll also be joined by Nina Morrison of Night Owl from Iowa City. Nina is offering short 3-card readings throughout the night. She reads tarot as a reflective practice rather than fortune-telling, and she'll do divination if you ask for it. She comes from a theatre background and studies with Spirit of Tali and The Tarot School. ​
Readings are about 5 minutes and cost $5, paid separately at the event. Sign up at the front when you arrive. Readings go in order, so keep coloring while you wait.
CHOOSE YOUR TICKET ​
Every ticket includes a Color Your Own Tarot kit and coloring supplies. You can select a ticket option that includes a book from our curated selection (five book options and respective tickets), or skip the book and come for the deck only. ​
Note: We will have a few extra copies of each book, so if you change your mind the night of the event, we can honor a limited number of swaps. ​
Just the Deck is the same kit, the same night, and the same reading signup, without a book. We want as many people at the table as possible, and this ticket is part of how we do that.
THE BOOKS ​
Tarot in Other Words — Cassandra Snow (ed.) (Queer Anthology)
The Entirely True Story of the Fantastical Mesmerist Nora Grey — Kathleen Kaufman (Historical, Magical Realism Fiction)
The Inner Tarot — Kate Van Horn (Mind/Body/Spirit) ​
The Very Secret Society of Irregular Witches — Sangu Mandanna (Cozy Fantasy)
The Last Sun — K. D. Edwards (High Fantasy) ​
GOOD TO KNOW ​
The café is open throughout the night.
Drinks and snacks are sold separately. ​
Readings are $5 each, paid at the event, and not included in your ticket. ​
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315 5th St, Suite 100, West Des Moines, IA, United States, Iowa 50265

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