Access Elements After Append

I need to access DOM elements after JQuery append. Let's say I have this:

• one
• two

Solution 1:

Make a jQuery collection of the html before appending it:

var addItems = function(html) {
    var $items = $(html);
    $('#items').append($items);
    $items.foo();
}

Solution 2:

Here's a working example: http://jsfiddle.net/hunter/7UTA2/

var addItems = function(html) {
    var $html = $(html);
    $('#items').append($html);
    $html.text("test");
}

This showcases that you still can manipulate the text (or whatever attribute) of the items since you still have a reference to the collection.