Something borrowed, something blue, everything else done by you

CHICAGO - A florist wanted $75 for each of eight flower balls that Paige Nero had her heart set on to decorate the aisle for her upcoming wedding. So she's fashioning them herself for $12 a pop. Throw in 130 invitations she made from scratch, an aisle runner she monogrammed and other labors of love she handcrafted for the September ceremony in Utica, and Nero estimates she's saving as much as $3,000. "My fiance thinks I'm a nut," said Nero, 26, of Tinley Park in the Chicago area. "Then he sees how much money I'm saving and he's happy." At a time when the average spent on weddings in the Chicago area is $33,170, according to a research company that tracks wedding statistics, it's no wonder couples are saying enough is enough. For example, Th