Every once in a while three different stories collide, from three different locations, and it becomes a serendipitous event. To create this story, a northern Virginia thrift store, a former ladies dress shop in Bozeman, Montana and a purse company founded in Jackson, Mississippi, all converged. Most of us have never lusted after a vintage woven basket purse. Instead, it is not uncommon to see a Louis Vuitton handbag on New York's Fifth Avenue; a Kate Spade bag coming out of Neiman Marcus in Dallas; or at the worst case, a Coach clutch by Tapestry coming out of a store at the Tampa Premium Outlet Mall. This hand crafted purse came out of a thrift store adventure in northern Virginia. It started out by being an unknown basket purse. It was handcrafted and upon further inspection, it looked like it was made for someone in Bozeman, Montana. The hand-painted street scene had storefronts with " MSU " and " Bobcats " written in the store windows. Anyone tra