Swatches? For wimps

I may have started and ripped out this scarf twice, but third time's the charm, right? I think I have the right width now, and I've settled on 1:1 ribbing because it looks more like stockingette stitch but doesn't curl. My first scarf ever is mostly done now, I'm just weaving in 500 billion ends because it's striped. I need to figure out how to carry the colors along the side or something to avoid having to weave in 38 ends again.

Bead Cage Earrings

I was really on a kick of making these a couple of years ago. It's a basic wire bead cage using 26 or 28 gauge wire with seed beads strung on it. You can see that back then my wrapped loops had horrible technique. If I do more they'll actually have clean loops and use good quality wire rather than craft wire.