Maybe something like this would work for you?
Code:
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<title>Untitled Document</title>
<style type="text/css">
html, body {
margin: 0;
font: 100%/1.4 Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
background: #C9D6A0;
color: #000;
font-family: "Century Gothic";
}
.container {
width: 960px;
margin: 0 auto;
overflow: auto;
background: #603B3D;
}
.header {
height: 186px;
width: 960px;
background: #603B3D;
text-align: left;
position: fixed;
}
.header ul {
margin: 5px 0 0 400px;
text-align: center;
list-style: none;
}
.header ul li {
width: 100px;
margin: 3px;
float: left;
}
.header ul li a {
height: 25px;
padding: 50px 0 0;
display: block;
background: url(your picture here.jpg);
}
</style>
</head>
<body>
<div class="container">
<div class="header">
<ul>
<li><a href="#">button</a></li>
<li><a href="#">button</a></li>
<li><a href="#">button</a></li>
<li><a href="#">button</a></li>
<li><a href="#">button</a></li>
<li><a href="#">button</a></li>
<li><a href="#">button</a></li>
<li><a href="#">button</a></li>
</ul>
<!--end .header--></div>
<!-- end .container --></div>
</body>
</html>