Anne-Marie has been making soaps and toiletries since she was 16. Always a crafty girl (she knits, makes paper and handmade cards, and also rubber stamps), she settled on soaps and never looked back. Anne-Marie started selling her handmade soap creations in Chehalis, Washington at the age of 18 to the gift store Traver's Electric and continued to expand her clientele throughout college.    After college and a brief unsuccessful stint as a correctional officer, she founded Bramble Berry Inc. to sell quality raw materials (including butters, oils, fragrance oils and colors) to the soap and toiletries makers of the world. Now in its 9th year of business, Bramble Berry serves over 26,000 customers world wide and has been featured in magazines such as Women's World Daily, Herb Companion, Herb Quarterly, Better Homes & Gardens Special Interest Publications and mentioned in Teen Vogue and Allure Magazine.    In 2003, Anne-Marie founded Otion - the Soap Bar to bring her love of soapmaking and all things bath related to the public. Otion proselytizes soap through classes, parties and a full sniffing bar and make-it-now soap bar.    In addition to running Otion and Bramble Berry, Anne-Marie loves helping out the soap community through this web site, Teach Soap and spends many hours every week providing soapmaking tips and answering questions.