While in Alabama, Sanford tried her hand at sculpting majolica dinnerware, a type of lead or tin glazed earthenware that is fired, painted, and then fired again. She said when she couldn't afford to buy the pieces she liked, she decided to try to make them. When she moved back home to Hamer Hills, the family farm in Kilmichael, she sold a few pieces and was invited to join a showroom at the Dallas Market Center. Then she had the idea for Nature's Angels. Their fluidness seemed to point out a lesson.
Trees are so strong, but they have the ability to bend and move.
People have to do this to dodge the curveballs of life. Trees have always been my inspiration. When I see those trees move, I sometimes wonder whether it is the wind blowing or an angel going by. God's protection of us comes from the angels that are always around us. Trees to me are a reminder that God looks out for me.