*This is a sponsored post celebrating Sway Group’s 5th birthday. We are honored to be a part of the festivities!

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Some people like running marathons, others dig competitive hot dog eating or aerobic belly dancing. Our heart and soul lies with blogging. We love the creative outlet it offers us—moms by day, artistic divas by night. We’ve learned so much about baking, crafting, beauty, fashion, and parenting by doing something that we love and something that is very rewarding.

One of the most common questions we get asked by readers and other bloggers is how do we make money at blogging?

Well, one of the BIG reasons is our beautiful partnership with . They are like that great older sister who shares all of her stuff, teaches you everything she knows, and hooks you up with her cool friends.

is our intermediary between sponsors who pay HowDoesShe to feature their content. Sway Group hooks us up with sponsors whose products and services appeal to you guys—our audience! They handle all of the hard stuff and allow us to do the fun stuff like write creative content and take pretty pictures.

This week, Sway is celebrating their 5th birthday with a huge birthday bash! Five might seem young in human years, but in business years…that’s a big accomplishment. Let me tell you a few really neat things about their company. They started out in 2011 as a three-person company and are now up to 36 employees and on Inc.’s list of the 10 Fastest Growing Women-Led Companies in San Francisco and its 500 list of America’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies. We’re all about women empowering women so we think that’s pretty cool.

For Sway’s big social media birthday bash, they are giving away over $1,000 in prizes so go check it out!

Here are our top five Sway sponsored posts that give you just a taste at how easy the blogger/sponsor relationship can be.

Our Top 5 Sway Partnered Posts

Minute Maid’s Doin’ Good Program

We absolutely loved the positive message behind this campaign—that we parents are doing a better job than we think! Sway always makes sure to present us sponsors that we believe in and that we can stand behind.

Building “Useful” Father’s Day Memories with Bosch Tools

We were all amazed at how a tool sponsor could bring tears to our eyes. The team at always believes in our creative vision for each post and allows us the flexibility we need to make great content.

New Front Porch Trend–Unexpected Flower Combinations with Curate

One thing we especially love about our partnership with Sway Group is that they handle all of the details, large or small, that we just don’t have time to attend to. They are great to work out the kinks so that we can sleep peacefully each night.

Wicked Simple Fish Tacos with Mango Salsa and Avocado Cream

Like I said before, Sway always brings us sponsors that we love. They know our content, they know our readers, and they always think about what our readers would like, just like these yummy fish tacos that I go back to week after week.

How I Keep My Diet Coke for Me

If you are an individual wanting to grow your income through social media or blogging, see how and can help! And companies wanting to get their brand out there will find that works with every objective and every budget.

Don’t forget to join their birthday festivities and win some really good stuff! Speaking of which, join in on their #SwayIs5 twitter party that starts this morning, Wed, 5/22 at 10am PST. Did I mention there are prizes?! I’ll be there with my party hat on.

From all of us at HowDoesShe, happy birthday ! We love you, we admire you, and we are so glad you are on our team!

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This is a sponsored post written on behalf of Sway Group.