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HTML

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<title></title>
<head>


</head>
<body>

<div id='container'>
<div class="hexrow">
    <div>
        <span>Any text you would like (that fits).</span>
        <div></div>
        <div></div>
    </div>
    <div>
        <span>Really, change the text to say what you want!</span>
        <div></div>
        <div></div>
    </div>
    <div>
        <span>I'm not kidding here.</span>
        <div></div>
        <div></div>
    </div>
    <div>
        <span>Okay?</span>
        <div></div>
        <div></div>
    </div>
</div>

</div>

</body>
</html>

CSS

body {
    background-color: cyan;
}
#container{
 margin-top:50px;
}
.hexrow {
    white-space: nowrap;
    /*right/left margin set at (( width of child div x sin(30) ) / 2) makes a fairly tight fit; a 3px bottom seems to match*/
    margin: 0 25px 3px; 
}

.hexrow > div {
    width: 173.2px;
    height: 100px; /* ( width x cos(30) ) x 2 */
    /* For margin:
    right/left = ( width x sin(30) ) makes no overlap 
    right/left = (( width x sin(30) ) / 2) leaves a narrow separation
    */
    margin: 0 25px; 
    position: relative;
    background-image: url(http://i1166.photobucket.com/albums/q605/Artem_Lebedev/dog-training-collars.jpg);
    background-position: -30px -50px; /* -left position -1 x width x sin(30) */
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-size: 120% auto;
    color: #000000;
    text-align: center;
    line-height: 173.2px; /*equals height*/
    display: inline-block;
}

.hexrow > div:nth-child(odd) {
    top: 43.3px; /* ( width x cos(30) / 2 ) */
}

.hexrow > div:nth-child(even) {
    top: -44.8px; /* -1 x( ( width x cos(30) / 2) + (hexrow bottom margin / 2)) */ 
}

.hexrow > div > div:first-of-type {
    position: absolute;
    width: 100%;
    height: 100%; 
    top: 0;
    left: 0;
    z-index: -1;
    overflow: hidden;
    background-image: inherit;
    
    -ms-transform:rotate(60deg); /* IE 9 */
    -moz-transform:rotate(60deg); /* Firefox */
    -webkit-transform:rotate(60deg); /* Safari and Chrome */
    -o-transform:rotate(60deg); /* Opera */
    transform:rotate(60deg);
}

.hexrow > div > div:first-of-type:before {
    content: '';
    position: absolute;
    width: 200px; /* width of main + margin sizing */
    height: 100%;
    background-image: inherit;
    background-position: 0 0;
    background-repeat: no-repeat;
    background-size: 120% auto;
    bottom: 0;
    left: 0;
    z-index: 1;
    
    -ms-transform:rotate(-60deg) translate(-150px, 0); /* IE 9 */
    -moz-transform:rotate(-60deg) translate(-150px, 0); /*...